Just some thoughts on consent and being appropriate as the older woman

One thing that used to irritate me was when women our age who should know better imitate some older men in being pushy and inappropriate towards younger men. Just because these older guys do it to younger women does not mean we should sink to their level and do the same

I saw this happen with my cub at a bar some years ago where he was celebrating a birthday and had had too much to drink. I came by to join him and he literally ran to me - apparently some woman much older than him had been physically harassing him and pressuring him to go home with her. Because he was drunk he was barely able to fend her off and one thing women need to understand is that men often feel uncomfortable rejecting them too harshly

This happened several times to both him and a few people I knew. The latest story was when he and a couple male coworkers his age were drinking after meeting with a business client at a hotel bar and an older woman came and was pushy in inviting ALL of them up to her room to drink even when they were clearly not comfortable and said no

I don’t believe that any of us here do this but as women we definitely need to call this out more in fellow women. Many of them will not take it seriously coming from men or women younger than them. Imagine going through this kind of behavior directed at you in your teens and 20s only to reenact it on others…