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So Schweppes built a touch sensitive dress that reported touching and grabbing and sent the information back to a monitoring system in a nearby building. The sent three different women into the club wearing the dress to monitor how many times they were touched or grabbed. The data isn't terrible shocking if you're not a neanderthal, but since this article has also highlighted the comments of some men, let have a discussion about it.
Researchers Use High-Tech Dress To Show Just How Often Women Are Groped At Clubs
After watching that and having a conversation with my wife about it, I realized something about myself. I'm very far removed from the club scene, but always in my life when in a crowded venue like a bar or a club, or even a business conference I may have been an unwanted toucher. Not in the creepy scummy way. I've always been a stocky guy. I have pretty broad shoulders, and I've always tried my very best to be polite and mindful of others. So when in a crowded space, I don't like just bashing my way through people. As a result, I have always placed my hand on someone's shoulder or upper back when "pushing" by while saying something like "excuse me". I've done so with the intent to not just bash my way through, and to alert the person that I was trying to get by. This is not something I've only done to women mind you, but that's irrelevant to my point. It never occurred to me that after spending a night being grouped by troglodytes, my doing this could be one more instance where a woman was made to feel uncomfortable by unwanted touching. I'm sorry for that world.
So I post this - with my commentary - to show that even though you may not be that handsy guy in the club, you could still be unintentionally making women uncomfortable.
Researchers Use High-Tech Dress To Show Just How Often Women Are Groped At Clubs
After watching that and having a conversation with my wife about it, I realized something about myself. I'm very far removed from the club scene, but always in my life when in a crowded venue like a bar or a club, or even a business conference I may have been an unwanted toucher. Not in the creepy scummy way. I've always been a stocky guy. I have pretty broad shoulders, and I've always tried my very best to be polite and mindful of others. So when in a crowded space, I don't like just bashing my way through people. As a result, I have always placed my hand on someone's shoulder or upper back when "pushing" by while saying something like "excuse me". I've done so with the intent to not just bash my way through, and to alert the person that I was trying to get by. This is not something I've only done to women mind you, but that's irrelevant to my point. It never occurred to me that after spending a night being grouped by troglodytes, my doing this could be one more instance where a woman was made to feel uncomfortable by unwanted touching. I'm sorry for that world.
So I post this - with my commentary - to show that even though you may not be that handsy guy in the club, you could still be unintentionally making women uncomfortable.