Used to be that society would stand behind a woman who refused to be alone with a stranger.
For a man to invite a woman up to his room in those days, would have been the same as saying to the woman hey honey, let's you and me ****.
But nowadays, if it's OK for a man to enter the hotel room of a non-relative, and a stranger at that, then women are supposed to have the same freedom.
This is another result of women's liberation.
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I don't think it's a result of women's liberation.
I don't care whether you are a man or woman, or whether the person you are visiting is a friend, family or a stranger; but courteous behavior is expected. and, no, inviting someone to your room does not mean "let's f***".
People (men and women) should be careful of who they invite to their rooms. Kobe should have realized he may have been a target.
But lawsuits are the order of the day. In fact, as of about 20 years ago, doctors no longer examine women without another woman in the room. Too many lawsuits.
That is the problem: We have been told over and over that it no longer does, and so people go around thinking it no longer does.
So that now, should a man invite a woman to his room--rather than the man feeling he is out of line, the woman feels she would be insulting the man's probity or appear paranoid should she object.
Should we someday be told over and over that "let's f***" no longer means "let's f***", then people will go around thinking that no longer means it either.
I personally believe that young women should be chaperoned when a fellow calls.
I am also in favor of parents having a greater say in whom their sons and daughters marry.
And the younger the man or woman, the more I believe these things apply.
And that is the basic problem.