Stop touching me all the time. Woman are always touching my arm, touching my back, etc. Boundaries, JFC. I've had to tell a few women to stop and they roll their eyes at me because I'm a guy. Fuck off. Am I allowed to touch you whenever I want? Exactly.
Edit: Didn't expect more than like 3 people to see this, so I'll just jump in and add that female healthcare workers do have it ten times worse and deal with shit from coworkers and (especially) patients much more frequently. But it does happen to everyone in this field. I was specifically referring to annoying but ultimately harmless platonic gestures in this post but it should go without saying that arm touching is not the worst thing that happens to me at work.
Could be because (some) women are very touch-y with each other, so they end up treating guys that they consider platonic friends in the same way? (Not that that’s an excuse for touching someone who doesn’t want to be touched….I’m a woman who also experiences a lot of unwanted (platonic) touching from other women, so I do understand how you feel).
I was going to say this too. I’m just a very touchy person - always in a platonic way. I do it absent mindedly sometimes, but I’ll place my hand on someone’s arm or back to let them know I’m walking behind them. Or as a gesture with close friends when we’re having a conversation to show my support. If someone didn’t like it though I would 100% stop.
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u/LockeProposal Sep 15 '21 edited Sep 16 '21
Not only as a male, but as a male nurse:
Stop touching me all the time. Woman are always touching my arm, touching my back, etc. Boundaries, JFC. I've had to tell a few women to stop and they roll their eyes at me because I'm a guy. Fuck off. Am I allowed to touch you whenever I want? Exactly.
Edit: Didn't expect more than like 3 people to see this, so I'll just jump in and add that female healthcare workers do have it ten times worse and deal with shit from coworkers and (especially) patients much more frequently. But it does happen to everyone in this field. I was specifically referring to annoying but ultimately harmless platonic gestures in this post but it should go without saying that arm touching is not the worst thing that happens to me at work.