From Riding Sun, we learn how Scarlett Johansson feels about being felt up by a stranger in front of a large crowd:
The 21-year old actress turned red as she was felt up on camera, but didn’t bitch slap Isaac [Mizrahi].
She said to friends, “If he hadn’t been gay, I would have slapped him.” Isaac was feisty with other female stars as well, and many feel he deserved to be slapped regardless of his personal orientation.
Nobody anywhere has a right to touch you, especially in your bathing suit areas. I know it sounds funny, but think about it, gentlemen: would you have a problem if k.d. lang made a playful grab for your sack? What would you do to her if she did? What possessed Mizrahi to make such a move?
If I belonged to NOW, I’d be furious about it. I don’t care if Mizrahi was gay or not: giving a strange woman’s boob a friendly squeeze is an astonishingly inappropriate act, and comes pretty close to a sexual assault. What’s the difference between Isaac Mizrahi and the copafeeliacs who grope women on the subway? Nothing. Why didn’t Johansson let him know, through action or words, that what he did was unacceptable? Because he was gay.
Let that sink in for a few moments. Now think about where the line should be drawn. Scarlett Johansson let slip an amazing opportunity to show that gays do have the right to equal treatment: she didn’t slap the living shit out of him for touching her in a sexual manner the way she might a strange heterosexual man.
Ladies, here’s a tip: if there’s a man in front of you, almost nose-to-nose, who won’t get out of your way and has already groped you or looks like he’s going to, look him straight in the eye, and without lifting your arm, make a fist and point your knuckles as high as they’ll go. Then plunge your fist in a short arc down at the man’s crotch, punching through his bladder/lower abdomen and ending at his sack.
Wouldn’t it be pretty damn entertaining to see Mizrahi writhing around and puking on himself on the red carpet? He’d learn to keep his hands to himself, if nothing else.
(Thanks to Jeff G. for the pointer.)
It isn’t socially acceptable for anyone to spontaneously grope anyone else despite the sexual preference. The problem is that no one wants to cause a scene and be labeled as a homophobe. Instead, they decide to endure the humiliation and that is what is wrong. There were probably about fifty people watching this debacle. Not one person stood up and said, “What the hell do you think your doing!?! Get your hands off her ta-tas!”
Unfortunately, that is what is happening within society. Most people are afraid of hurting other people’s feelings so they relent to awkwards situations and the sociopaths take advantage of them. People have to stop being passive in these situations and start pointing out when things are wrong no matter who the social disaster is.
Well, I wouldn’t go so far as to label Isaac Mizrahi a sociopath, but yes, you’ve actually hit the problem dead-on: most people ARE to embarrassed to stand up for themselves, and consequently suffer as a result. We’ve socialized ourselves out of listening to the internal warning bell that only rings when we’re in danger. That’s as close to a “sixth sense” as any of us are going to have, and most of us will not listen to it, despite the fact that it has our best interests at heart.
Anyway, to get back to this particular situation, I figured that Johansson’s thought process was more along the lines of, “He’s just one of the girls,” instead of, “If I say something, they’ll all call me a HOMOPHOBE!” I could be wrong, though. We’ll probably never know for sure.
Didn’t Diana Ross do this to someone just before she wigged out in that airport?
What, grab his balls?
Wikipedia describes a sociopath as: Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour.
I think he fits my definition perfectly. Anyone who grabs intimate areas of an unwilling person in front of a crowd of thousands is beyond the social graces of our society and should seek help immediately.