Bam! Its About Time - Women being Charged now

well I would not have to worry about this now.When younger no problems.Never been harassed

When A boss put his arms around me from the back, I jammed my elbows into him and said very firmly, don't ever do that again, I was 16 at the time.

This is all coming out now but it has always been happening. I admit t sexually harassing people as a teen as I stupidly thought it was funny. I feel really bad about it now but I admit I did it. I have been pushed into doing things I wasn't ready to do with men who would not take no as an answer. I think that is much worse. Everyone needs to respect it if someone says no.

Who is Melanie Rodriguez? I honestly have no idea.

I really don't know what to say about this sudden rush of revelations. I think it would have been much better and somehow help stem the tide of assaults if complaints were made from the very first one.

I grew up in the seventies, when squeezing or slapping a woman's bum, was not considered wrong, even though many women didn't want it to happen. I believe many of these accusations come from those times when what is unacceptable now, was acceptable. Yes, women had to be given the right to say no, if they didn't like something without the risk of losing their job or losing a promotion, but we have probably gone too far now, where flirting seems to be a risky business.

I have been sexually harassed, when I was in high school. I reported it to my teachers. One took action to remedy the situation (moving the boy away from me and threatening to kick him out of class permanently if he continued with the behavior,) the other (an elderly male P.E. teacher who didn't like me) just told me to "stay away" from the boys who were bothering me. It wasn't something that traumatized me or anything, it's just a fact of life that some people are pigs, especially at that age. I agree that everyone has been sexually harassed, assaulted, or raped at some point or other. At least according to today's standards. I wonder how people will develop romantic relationships in the future if flirting or expressing interest becomes taboo. We also all know that some women lie about these things, at least I have known plenty who made up stories as a way to get revenge. It's a good way to run a man off (say an unwanted ex who you don't want seeing the kids; just lie and say you suspect he's molesting the kid -- I had relatives who did that) or ruin his life. I think women who are caught lying about these allegations should be charged with a crime; maybe if they faced felony charges for false accusations, they would stop doing it and then people wouldn't be inclined to question whether victims are telling the truth or not.

It was only a matter of time, wasn't it?

I never heard of her.