I'll agree that nonconsensual tickling is not synonomous with rape. If a guy walks up to a strange woman in a shopping mall and starts tickling her, that's not rape, because it isn't sexual.
I hear what you're saying Francois, and I agree that many people will see it that way. My opinion is that such people are likely to see it as creepy regardless of whether it's done by a naked guy breaking into a house or by someone at one of our gatherings.
The guy described in the article belongs in jail.
In the scenario I describe above, how would the police know it was sexual to the guy? How would they go about proving it? In the eyes of the law, the assault itself is either sexual in nature, or it isn't. It doesn't vary from person to person. At least that's how it works here in the US, which is where this incident occurred.
), and in that one even touching your colleague on the shoulder is sexual harrassment. So if a stranger in a shop starts to just tickle me and I report it, I can't imagine that would be anything else than that! You just don't walk up to someone you don't know and touch them without an invitation, no matter how!
