tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post3152142905620902887..comments2024-03-18T12:43:02.945-07:00Comments on Living (with) abroad in Tuscany: Is Italy a safe and healthy place for young women (and men)?Paul and Lucy Spadonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18320762457158246716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post-25774474434547086412022-05-01T19:06:46.762-07:002022-05-01T19:06:46.762-07:00Another possibility is that the definition of rape...Another possibility is that the definition of rape is different in the two nations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911448537861141728.post-62060324686854047862022-03-15T20:06:34.449-07:002022-03-15T20:06:34.449-07:00I throughly enjoyed reading Your article concernin...I throughly enjoyed reading Your article concerning women’s safety from aggressive males in Italy.<br />Our granddaughters will be traveling to Italy on a cruise this May and I was joking about how Italian men “ butt grab” the women as a gesture of endearment. Their reaction was “ No way, Papa”🤨. Growing up in a Neapolitan home, I had always heard that in “ The old country” if you were to visit there, be ready to experience the gesture, but there was no need to be fearful of men, they “Justa lova’ da women”<br />To be sure that the practice might be outdated, I Google the subject and was intrigued in reading Your study. <br />My wife’s paternal family is from a rural Scottish culture, , where physical touching is far the norm, but there was a balance from a Southern Alabama kinship, where the regular “Sunday lawn potluck dinner” was greeted with a traditional hug and “Howdy Sister Estelle” before and after departing until the “mid-week Wednesday fellowship and Bible study” meeting, so my wife gets the “ best of both worlds” as I’m a American/Italian hybrid🇺🇸🇮🇹.<br />Your perspective on Italian family’s “bickering” and “yelling” certainly resonate with me, as certain regional land masses demanded a high degree of social respect than others ( my Dad’s ‘ people’ were Calabrias- the Hardheads’ as my Neapolitan Nana, so often reminded my Father of 🧐)!.<br />All in all I find the cultural idiocies fascinating when visiting other cultures/peoples, (even in the US) more so than structures and monuments.<br />Be Blessed-Matt633 <br />jtrazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660395578657925407noreply@blogger.com