“Tolerated” means it was perfectly normal.
I’d say it was even encouraged at the time.
fine. I hope when you find yourself in an elevator with 2 80 year olds, and they make a bet who can see what color your panties are, you remember- well this was perfectly normal behavior. and IIRC, that was encouraged on Mad Men. You could save them the effort and just tell them.
People can learn and adapt to changes, or else there still would be lawn jockeys in my neighbors front yards.
Don’t put your hands on strangers, period