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Cosmologist, writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow. Author: "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)". Personal account. She/her. Dr.

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    1. Katie Mack‏Verified account @AstroKatie 2 Apr 2019

      If it is “a cultural thing” or otherwise entirely well-meaning of you to casually or affectionately touch other people when they DO NOT WANT to be touched, you 100% need to stop, now. (How do you know they do not want? Pay attention. Ask. Or just assume it & leave them alone.)

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      Katie Mack‏Verified account @AstroKatie 2 Apr 2019

      The thing about stuff like this is that it’s not actually possible to “mean well” if you don’t care whether or not the other person is OK with what you’re doing.

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        1. Tracy‏ @takenderdine 2 Apr 2019
          Replying to @AstroKatie

          Oh, well put. 👍

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        1. Cavyherd‏ @cavyherd 2 Apr 2019
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          I have a coworker I've had to have a couple of conversations with about this. Their attentions don't come off as sexual harrassment, but they DO come off as assertions of power. It was only when I mentioned the dread words Aich and Arr that they were brought up short.

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        2. Ferol Humphrey‏ @ferolhumphrey 2 Apr 2019
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          I think, in general, touching people from behind is not considered courteous normal social behavior. Not something people do peer to peer, when they don’t know each other very well. When someone in a superior position does it innocently, it means they have not even *considered*.

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        3. Ferol Humphrey‏ @ferolhumphrey 2 Apr 2019
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          Oh, and I have never had a straight, bi, or gay woman do that to me, ever. Nor have I ever had a platonic male friend do it, either. And if an older man or woman did this to me, I would not think of it as maternal or paternal. Or avuncular. So.

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        1. Ferol Humphrey‏ @ferolhumphrey 2 Apr 2019
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          I consider myself a fluid, tolerant person, but when somebody touches my shoulders, waist, neck, or head from behind, and I don’t know who it is– I turn and say instantly, do not ever touch me from behind again. Then I smile. And that’s peer to peer! Whole different ball game.

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        2. Rick Gregory‏ @rickg 2 Apr 2019
          Replying to @AstroKatie

          Honestly, they need to just legalize small personal Tasers.

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        3. شهناز محمّد 🌎‏ @ShanaazMohammed 7 Apr 2019
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          Wait..what do you mean, "They 'need' to legalize.."? They're not legal? *slowly hides freshly bedazzled taser and slinks away quietly*😬

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        1. Monica‏ @ClassyEarlGrey 2 Apr 2019
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          Such a very good point. So true.

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        1. Dave Mullins‏ @davos418 2 Apr 2019
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          Something that bugs me is sales training where you're encouraged (forced) to offer hand shakes to customers. It kind of forces people to touch - and I'm super uncomfortable with it. I'm sure it's uncomfortable for customers too

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        2.  🦖Andresha #GeneralStrike 🦖 #Antifa #FightFor25‏ @andresha_bass 3 Apr 2019
          Replying to @C0ppert0p1 @AstroKatie

          1. I think she thought he'd just go away after VP. 2. Who is she helping by doing this? Veto? Well him and biden are bought by the same predators so doubtful. Yeah,she should have waited 37 years before saying anything like Ford if she wanted to be believed,O and had to be repub

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