Joseph
Joseph
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

My first reaction to this was: “I’m not the kind of guy who would do this, so this is kind of offensive and making me click a button to indicate that I’m not the kind of guy who would do this is kind of a micro-humiliation.”

My second thought was: “Maybe I am the kind of guy who would do this! I’m not great at flirting and I could definitely see myself slipping up and saying something a little *too* overtly sexual as a come on.”

My third thought was: “Nah, you’re a decent guy and even if you do say something stupid it couldn’t be construed as harassment unless it was deliberate and consistent and you definitely don’t send dic pics so you’ll be good as long as you conduct yourself with a modicum of caution”

My fourth thought was: “Well harassment can be somewhat subjective in this day and age…”

My final thought was: “Wait a minute… you’re making me compete with douchebags whom your protecting from themselves by instituting a policy that will cause them to restrain their behavior in ways they wouldn’t normally? That seems unfair.”

So yeah, that’s where I wound up; basically, It’s good to decrease harassment and it self-enforced but it seems like it‘s a cosmetic fix to keep the bad apples from embarrassing themselves, so I’m kind of ambivalent.