Maybe She’s On To Something

February 28, 2019

In “We’re Tougher…” (Feb 27, 2019), I took issue with the woman who filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for planting a kiss on her in 2016, because she says that she is still an emotional wreck to this day.

I said that if every woman who was ever manhandled, even mildly, fell apart, the world would pretty much stop working.

Well, now I’m thinking, “Why not?”

If every person, man or woman, who received unwanted physical attention just took a week off—the same week—from work at home or outside the home, or from volunteering—

The world really would come to an economic standstill.

Unfortunately, most people can’t just take a week off work. But if they could…

And since nothing gets attention like economic disruption, well, maybe the “Stop Touching Us” movement would gain traction with the people who are doing the groping, and with the people who could make or enforce the laws to stop it.

Somebody could come up with a catchy name:

#PaybackTime or #YourTurn or something.


Update: March 9, 2020

Today, women in Mexico are striking to protest the fact that women are scarcely protected by existing laws from assault and homicide. I wish them luck.