Sexual Harassment and the Mating Game Now that St.

Rina David condemned sexual harassment, citing the case of Guillerma Castanares who was forced to dance before Education officials in her underwear as condition for emplo ment, let us, as devil!s advocate, explore the other side"#sexual harassment$ as part of the mating game. %hat happened to Castanares is malicious mischief, obscenit , public scandal, abuse of authorit and violation of the sanctit of her person, li&e pimping, woman'beating, mashing and rape. (n man who ta&es unconscionable advantage of a woman in need, should be boiled in Shell oil, and closeted with a faggot who is a cannibal. )ut the (nita *ill testimon at the confirmation hearings if newl appointed +S Supreme Court ,ustice Clarence -homas, is something else. (nita *ill accused -homas of #sexual harassment$ more than ten ears after it happened, depicting him as a boss who pestered her for dates, tal&ed dirt and boasted about his s&ills as a lover. #.ong ,ohn Silver$ is a pun on Clarence -homas as .ong ,ohn Silver the love pirate, not Dong /uno as .ong ,ohn Silver with silver bullets and a horse named Silver. %hat Clarence -homas was supposed to have done is part of the mating game, and happens in ever gathering of males and females. ( male pesters a female for dates, even if refused b her, because the femaie is assumed to be co , demure and pla ing hard to get. ( male spea&s the language of love, hinting of 0o s unbounded, and what ma be a tempting offer to one woman ma be an obscenit to another. ( male &nown to be a s&illful lover is attractive who competes to win what others want1 such man should advertise his assets. %here to draw the line between acts of seduction and sexual harassment2 -here are no fixed rules. 3ost women sa , #4 ma not want a man to succeed in getting what he wants, but 4 certainl feel flattered if he tried. 4 want to have to have the option to accept or re0ect.$ Corito 5iel sa s she wants to be seduced against her will, so that she ma en0o it without feeling guilt, while her seducer will certainl roast in hell. )eautiful women who are continuall harassed want to be seductive about who will harass them, encouraging Senators 6rl 3ercado and )ut7 (8uino, while accusing an man with acne, )6 or bad breath of unwelcome sexual harassment. +gl women, Carito 5iel points out, rarel get seduced, and so the insist on a s stem of handicapping, a set of rules that will impede the seduction of beautiful women, and e8uali7e the odds. +gl women are the ma0orit in an female group, so the ma&e the rules that ma&e ever wor&ing place devoid of love and affection, terrori7ed b #pitiless female in8uisition.$ (merican males are being neutered b uglies and d &es. %here to draw the line2 3 friend /ontororo feels the battle line must be re'drawn all the time li&e a shifting no'man!s land, depending on battle conditions and on ever pair of protagonists in the battle of the sexes. Good'loo&ing coc&s of the wal& li&e (drian Cristobal, 5ran& Chave7, Speed Gon7ales, and ahem, are practicall dragged to the ha stac& to the ha stac& b women cr ing, #Don!t9 Don!t9 Don!t stop9$ (nding Roces wears a -' shirt captioned, #No sex...please9$ 6n the other hand, once casual glance from ,ess Estanislao and ,oe Cuisia constitutes an unforgivable indefensible harassment to most women. (nd a minis&irt will drive both of them bananas and up the wall. :estal virgins li&e ,ulie ;ap Da7a who throws flowers to the moon, and Domini Suare7 -orrevillas who #sleeps in (braham!s bosom$ <Richard III, (ct 4:, scene => .u&e ?@1AAB, can ta&e it and dish it out, without being offended and embarassed. :irgin Corito 5iel would challenge the Dirt 6ld 3an who propositioned her1 #4f ou can beat me in a race up the stairs <of the 4nterconB, ou can have me.$ 6n the other hand, old'fashioned ladies <pareho sa imo, 4nda B feel offended if a man so much as compliments them on their beaut or sexualit . 4n +S 0urisprudence there is the #stub' our'toe test$ on sexual expletives. (s Newsweek sa s, #4f a male stubs his toe, he usuall screams, #6h fuc&9$ so that it is permissible and protected as free speech, but #6h cunt9$ is not the usual expletive and therefore is forbidden as sexual harassment contributing to hostile environment. -he *ill'-homas affair is greeted b women feminists in Europe with hoots and giggles as #proof of (merican h pocris , pruder and naivete,$ with the battlecr , #.et!s &eep seduction9$ 5ilipino societ has alwa s been a matriarch , with women engaged in )4g )usiness and represented in government more than women of the +S("a woman president, four Supreme Court ,ustices <+S has onl oneB, two senators out of AC <in +S, A out of DEB. 6ur women reali7e that sexual harassment is a legitimate part of the mating game, b which women must first resist a man!s advance, then triumphantl bloc& his retreat.