Is it flattering? No, it is not. Would it be appropriate even if it were flattering? Not even a little.
Just FYI, academics, emailing a junior colleague you've never met to say you'd marry them if you were single is not a reasonable thing to do
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I get messages like this rarely enough that each one is remarkable. I have friends/colleagues for whom this is constant background noise.
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Here's a great article on why this stuff is not OK. (via
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I wrote back to the e-mail I received today with a link to his university's Equal Opportunity office training page.
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Add to this senior colleagues in comm learning about trans health then messaging me (unsolicited) to chat about surgeries/transition.
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Ok.Tone-deaf, poorly raised
#twatwaffle tried idiotic "flirt."800-odd people have weighed in&virtue-signalled!Now talk about real
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Oo lemme try: "now talk about stag beetles!" Does this work?
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Or does the new topic have to be something related but that you judge more serious? I'm new to demands like this.
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Normally if someone is talking about something I consider unimportant I just ignore or unfollow.
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Did not say it was unimportant. Just not the way the thing has taken on a life of its own. Not like, say, campus rapes?
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I don't take requests. Have a nice day.
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Ick. ICK I really hope you don't have to work with this person anytime soon.
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I don't anticipate crossing paths
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sadly one only learns these things by trial and error.
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What? No. You don't have to try it to know that this sort of thing is creepy and unprofessional and wrong, ffs
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Wait. This is not real, right? Please say it's not real. Please.
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It's real
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An honest reaction will allow for an innocent intention of the sender. Otherwise, you're just ranting.
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I don't care at all about intentions but how a message like that could even be imagined to have "innocent intentions" is beyond me
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Exactly. This doesn't get excused by "whoops, my bad for misunderstanding." This shouldn't be excused at ALL.
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The "innocent intent" was one of the favorite responses of Geoff Marcy. It's not innocent, and that excuse has been weaponized by harassers
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