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Re: girls: what's the lamest pickup line u've got from a guy at robotics comp?
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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
Normal "I like you" actions or comments in a persistent way does not really strike me as stalking. You might want to talk a look at the Wikipedia article on stalking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking. Someone might, in fact, have been stalking you and your teammates, but it seems far more likely to me to be normal "I like you and want you to pay attention to me" behavior. Just because you have to tell a guy "no" ten times, doesn't mean it's stalking. (Heck, there was this one girl I pursued with mixed luck for a year before she really got with the program. We have now been married 27 years...) I am not minimizing genuinely dangerous behavior -- just suggesting that we be careful to differentiate between normal attraction and creepy, psychologically defective stalking. |
In a professional environment, however, it most certainly is sexual harassment. The rule of thumb as I've been told is that you're allowed one pass at someone, for better or for worse. If they turn you down, any further pursuit can be construed as harassment.
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