and, what about trudeau and his pdas?

i remember watching the swearing in ceremony and being a little taken aback by his insistence on categorically grabbing every cabinet minister - male or female - like he's the head linebacker, and they're all in for orientation. it was weird.

over the years, the process has changed a little. when joyce murray was sworn in last week, she seemed to expect it and kind of cringed as it was happening. i've seen other women just kind of stare him down as he approaches, and he at least seems to get the hint and tone it down. it should be obvious to the most passive observer that this isn't being taken well.

nobody has really said anything about it, though....not even in this mound of criticism about "fake feminism", as though that's a coherent concept - as though he's just trying to get laid, or something.

here's an interesting thought experiment, though: how would lucy flores (was she named by a palaeoanthropologist, or what? i bet her husband's name is hobbit erectus.) react if it was justin trudeau leaning in to get a whiff of her unwashed hair?

i'm not missing the point about consent. i understand that the issue is consent.

but, this has been going on for years in canada and nobody's said a peep. further, biden himself has been doing this for years, and it only seems to have generated a reaction when he turned 75. i wonder what his hair smells like, btw. you've seen grease, right?

regardless, i guess it just cycles the issue back to the point, doesn't it? it's about consent...