Just when you think you've seen everything, you see this.

http://www.news.com.au/world/wheelchair ... 5865125098

A man who worked as a lawyer despite being severely paralysed by cerebral palsey, has been accused of grabbing the buttocks of a female judge, although he denies it.

The strange thing is that she loudly shouted for help, to escape her paralysed attacker when all she had to do was shift her behind from the accused's personal space.

Not very smart for a judge.

I seriously question the judge's judgement. I knew a young man with CP and it might be one of the worst conditions possible. The brain is normal and the body is a mess. I was a policeman and the young man reported that his speech therapist was in love with him and was being held prisoner by her husband. Of course, it was fantasy but not unusual for a teenager. He also reported that he'd been harrassed by police officers who said he was drunk. I met with him and his attorney and said there was no way possible that the dumbest two police officers on earth would have mistaken his condition for being intoxicated. His lawyer started responding as a lawyer would and I interrupted and asked the young man what he wanted. He couldn't talk so he spelled out, on a board he carried, that he wanted a job in the police department.

I was in a meeting one day with a group of health professionals from our hospital. They were all women. As the meeting was breaking up I was shaking hands as people left and suddenly a hand grabbed my tush and squeezed. Hey, I'm not hunk. I was shocked and it must have showed in my face. I saw another woman motioning to me and waited. After everyone else had left she said, "I saw what happened and we don't know why but she's been doing really inappropriate things the last two weeks. Please, let us handle it." Of course.

Some people are too eager to be a victim.

When I was in my early twenties I twice had my buttocks fondled, once coming out of a movie with my mother and once with my husband and a friend in a bar.

Both times I didn't tell my companions and wanted to get out without making a fuss, maybe that was a weak response, but I feel the men involved probably just forgot their manners, and I was unharmed.

Another time I was "goosed" in a book shop, and that was a bit more disturbing, however its awkward to shout out to a bunch of strangers that someone just grabbed your genitals when you see that they're all gentilly browsing through books. I managed to put that out of my mind within a short time to.

While realising that these "assaults" would be worse if perpetrated by an aquaintance, I still think they are very far removed from serious sexual crimes such as child assault and rape. Why do some people make such a kerfuffle?

You reminded me. I was in a local bookshop browsing and suddenly my tush got squeezed. I looked at the young woman next to me. She looked up smiling and then she said, "You're not my husband." I laughed and said, "No, but I'm available for the evening." Her husband stepped up, having seen it all, and we all laughed.

Of course, that was when I was young and the world wasn't politically correct.

Had a similar experience when out with a friend and his wife, we were window shopping and the particular store had a number of entrances so that the windows were boxes with three glass sides. We were moving around the windows and his wife and I were looking at the same things when she took my hand and started playing 'handies', of course I responded; then she looked up and saw her husband grinning at us, fortunately he and I had been looking at each other when she mistakenly took my hand.

No accidents in this story, its just embarrassing.
Our past next door neighbour, who came across as a ladies man gave me a bouquet of flowers.
Knowing my husband had a jealous streak I put them in a corner of the kitchen out of sight.
However he must have brooded about it and late in the evening he grabbed the flowers and flung them over the front dividing fence between our houses.
I was aghast and searched in the dark for them to no avail.
First thing in the morning I went out to have a look with the benefit of daylight.
Unfortunately my neighbour was out there before me loading the boot of his car.
As I said a weak "good morning", there between us in the branches of a gum tree dangled the bouquet of flowers.

I have had almost similar experiences and have only just stopped in time, avoiding giving a stranger a pat on the derriere when I've realised my wife has moved away. But for those occasions when the grope is clearly intentional what is the best course of action? Is a person who avoids any consequences for this sort of behaviour likely to escalate to more serious offences?