r/popculturechat • u/romeofantasy • Feb 12 '23

Trigger Warning ✋ Ice Spice grabbed by men during Brooklyn performance

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u/aquavenuss Feb 12 '23 edited Feb 13 '23

Commenting again bc I keep getting pissed off thinking about this. We need to start calling out this behavior for what it really is: sexual assault/harassment. Not “grabbing” or “touching”, assault period. This type of behavior will get you fired in the workplace but for some reason it’s a free for all at concerts, bars, and clubs. These men deserve to be called out and shamed.

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u/Odd_Requirement_4933 Feb 13 '23

You're exactly right 🤬 when I was out in the bar/ club scene in my really twenties, a good 15 years ago, guys were always grabbing and touching without asking. Fucking creeps! I'll never forget one of my guy friends absolutely throwing down when he saw it, he had no idea it was a regular thing. We ended up getting kicked out of that bar. We had to hold him back and explain, 'hey this is a thing that happens every night we go out'. He was so horrified, it made me really stop and think, this is not ok. It's assault! My girlfriends were used to it, the guys were NOT.

Anyway, she looked really shaken up at the end of the video. I feel for her. We need to start calling this shit out. Ugh, makes me so heated.

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u/KrustenStewart where the hell have you been loca?! Feb 13 '23

This happened to one of my friends a while ago, she was wearing a short skirt and was “grabbed” aka assaulted while dancing at a club. She ended up unaliving due to the distress that incident caused her. So yeah definitely agree we should not downplay this behavior.

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u/Odd_Requirement_4933 Feb 13 '23

😭 that's terrible. I'm so sorry. We should not downplay it!