Women are calling out unwanted advances on #LinkedIn
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@lupyuen I'm not sure who to be more mad at, the people making the advances, or the people acting like it is a crime for someone to have romantic interest.
Now dont get me wrong there is an inappropriate way this can go down, if your slapping your coworkers ass at work clearly your a piece of shit. But the first account on the link basically just describes what sounds like a very polite guy who felt attracted to a woman and made that known in an attempt to see if the feelings were mutual. As far as I can tell he did nothing wrong beyond that.
The part im not clear on is how assertive or clear she was about her own disinterest. If she really said "sorry not interested" and he continued, then yea, he is in the wrong for making it uncomfortable, but still not a crime, at that point she should have just stopped interacting with him as she clearly didnt enjoy it.
I take issue with people trying to make someone showing romantic interest in someone as criminal when the feeling isnt mutual, at least when done respectfully. I bet if she actually felt attracted back when she met him the story would have sounded very different.
Just because the medium you meet someone isnt specifically devoted to dating in no way makes it inappropriate to develop an interest in someone and express that.
Telling someone you have romantic interest in someone, presuming you do it respectfully, is NEVER inappropriate. How you respond to someone saying "I am not interested, please dont pursue this" however is what matters.
