>Women almost never initiate touching with men. It is well established this is a sex based "male privilege." Men tend to take it for granted that no woman is al

>Women almost never initiate touching with men. It is well established this is a sex based "male privilege." Men tend to take it for granted that no woman is allowed to touch them without permission. Not what I've seen at all. My own experience and socialization is that women are allowed to touch with far less risk than a man is. This stems from the false stereotype 'men always want it' be it sexual advances or touching. Men also have less recourse to complain about such incidents and are treated far harsher when they do (may not within the last few years as the LGBT movement went mainstream, but some time ago it would result in many others ridiculing you for being gay). If anything, men are more allowed to touch other men than women, which itself may be a problem (as touching tends to build trust, thus resulting in a tighter knit group of men only which, completely unconsciously, excludes women).