I’m jumping in late into the debate but I had a chat with my lawyer friend to get his personal opinion on this topic, if this thing is good, bad or very bad, or what?
Anywayz, he thinks it is not that bad after all, it is quite a simple issue for the legal world easily explainable in the context of the Gulf area, where the mentality is to find you responsible for everything that could go wrong, for example at work, if there are people who are not performing well, you would be told “it’s because you didn’t motivate them enough”. If other people do not return your calls, “it’s because you said something offensive to them in the past”. If your incompetent contractor is dragging his feet, “it’s because you’re not paying him enough”, and so on… so when it comes to flirting, if no one is flirting with you, then… there must be something wrong with you…!! either you’re repulsive or it could be your demeanor… probably if you’re demeanor is right, or if you have a smiling voice, people will flirt with you.
If there’s an age gap between a young “flirter” and an older “flirtee”, the latter will take it as a compliment, and will confirm her/him the fact that, harmless connectivity is still possible with the opposite sex.
Flirting even happens in the presence of your significant other. Often we look at people and think “what in the world is she doing with him…!?!” but say, “Madam, you’re husband must be the luckiest man in this room”.
In the end, my friend wrapped-up; “Shouf” he said; as long as you’re going home every night “ma fi moushkila” (there should be no problem), after all, in the legal world we say “there is crime, if there is a victim”, if no one is victimized in the process, then there is no crime!
Think.
I’m jumping in late into the debate but I had a chat with my lawyer friend to get his personal opinion on this topic, if this thing is good, bad or very bad, or what?
Anywayz, he thinks it is not that bad after all, it is quite a simple issue for the legal world easily explainable in the context of the Gulf area, where the mentality is to find you responsible for everything that could go wrong, for example at work, if there are people who are not performing well, you would be told “it’s because you didn’t motivate them enough”. If other people do not return your calls, “it’s because you said something offensive to them in the past”. If your incompetent contractor is dragging his feet, “it’s because you’re not paying him enough”, and so on… so when it comes to flirting, if no one is flirting with you, then… there must be something wrong with you…!! either you’re repulsive or it could be your demeanor… probably if you’re demeanor is right, or if you have a smiling voice, people will flirt with you.
If there’s an age gap between a young “flirter” and an older “flirtee”, the latter will take it as a compliment, and will confirm her/him the fact that, harmless connectivity is still possible with the opposite sex.
Flirting even happens in the presence of your significant other. Often we look at people and think “what in the world is she doing with him…!?!” but say, “Madam, you’re husband must be the luckiest man in this room”.
In the end, my friend wrapped-up; “Shouf” he said; as long as you’re going home every night “ma fi moushkila” (there should be no problem), after all, in the legal world we say “there is crime, if there is a victim”, if no one is victimized in the process, then there is no crime!
Think.
But that’s only him, what say you?