А кто вам сказал, что в Америке низззззя знакомиться и фривольничать с каким угодно полом в строго отведенных местах?
Тут павда почти нет общественного транспорт, окромя сабвэя.
Знакомьтесь, понравитесь - могут сразу в постель затащить, не понравитесь - пошлют.
Только не не надо пальчиком касаться кожи или сразу в трусы залезать как того захотелось российской журналистке.Могут и побить за это.
Вы тут сказки только мне не рассказывайте.Что там канадцы о себе не думают,но культура в англоязычной Канаде от Америки мало чем отличается.Так вот подойти к канадке( я имею в виду waspish или имигрантских корней,но выросшую в Канаде) и попытаться заговорить с ней на отвлечённые темы или там комплименты отпустить в общественном месте ли,в парке ли-вещь немыслимая.В Америку,кстати,я заезжал и в Чикаго был так пару-тройку недель.Теперь по поводу прикосновений.Я понимаю,вам удобнее каждое прикосновение сводить к залезанию в трусы,как будто других вариантов не существует.Почитаем,что люди пишут.
Ralf:There is this friend of mine whose daughter is set to go to the US next term as part of an exchange programme. She received a lengthy instructive letter fom the headteacher of a high school in Sugerland, Texas, which I helped her translate. I'd like to quote 2 paragraphs here:
"Physical touching is a very delicate issue. Shaking hands is absolutely allowed. Hugging is usually OK, although entering a gray area. If after 6 months here and you have developed a bond with some students, a brief hug should be OK. Kissing of any kind is definitely inappropriate, and, since you are 2 years older than most of our students, any kind of sexual relationship between you and other students is practically the biggest ethical and legal violation that can happen. If a boy should approach you romantically, you should discourage/reject any advances and let me know so that I can clarify boundaries with the student."
Jamie (K):It's basically inappropriate in an American high school for anyone to be kissing at all, because in American culture, kissing between two unrelated people past puberty is considered romantic, and people aren't supposed to be engaging in public displays of romantic feelings in school. Kids do it, but they're not supposed to. Further, if some foreign girl makes the mistake of kissing a guy in some phony, frivolous way -- the way people do in Spain or Brazil -- the American guy is liable to take it as a romantic invitation, and the girl could be in for some attention she doesn't want. The problem will be compounded by the fact that she is the mysterious, exotic exchange student. This can be even worse if the guy she kisses is a new immigrant from some very sexually repressive country, such as any Arabic country. Some girls I know have triggered a lot of problems just by being innocently friendly to guys from countries like that.
The warnings about touching are completely appropriate, because since the 1970s, radical feminism has infected the legal system and put the US into hysteria about sexual harassment. The problem is that anything can be sexual harassment if the "victim" chooses to see it as such. Simply slapping someone on the shoulder and saying "good job!" can be considered sexual harassment IF the person you do it to decides it is. And to be "guilty" of sexual harassment, the person doesn't even have to interact with the alleged "victim" at all. Let's say that a male and a female student like to touch each other or call each other "honey" or "sweetie" and neither one is offended. A third student might not like it, and she can accuse them both of "sexually harassing" her by creating a "hostile environment". This will sound ridiculous to Europeans, and guess what! It sounds ridiculous to us too! But this is the legacy of baby-boomer feminism, and the courts take such charges seriously, whether they ultimately agree with them or not.
This leads to something else: In the US, anybody can sue anyone for anything, and the plaintiff doesn't have to pay the defendant's legal expenses if he loses, as he does in the British system. Part of this principal's paranoia about touching stems not just from the fact that US culture is not very "touchy", but also from the fact that certain types of touching, whether intentionally sexual and demeaning or not, can trigger a lawsuit that winds up being VERY expensive for the school system -- far out of proportion to its importance. Some behaviors are forbidden in schools not because any reasonable American thinks they are immoral or objectionable, but simply in order to prevent lawsuits and their accompanying expense. This is part of what this principal is doing.
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чрезмерной юриспрудэнции) , совсем не нужно читать каких-то журналисток. Достаточно вспомнить дело Клинтона.
