Male friends feeling "ENTITLED" to touch women

[HaleyLondon]

A male friend insists on touching his ex gf whether it is attempts to hug tickle or put an arm around her in public.She has spoken out saying she let him know how creepy it was when her other ex bf played with her hair and tried to stroke her neck.The male friends reply was that because he had dated her longer than the other ex bf he was entitled to touch her when he wanted in public when she said it made her feel uncomfortable.Do any other women here recognise men's use of the term "entitled" to excuse their behaviour and feel they possess their exes consent when it is officially wthdrawn?????

Yes a lot of abusive men display this. It's part of the control carrying on after the relationship. Not just confined to touching their exes, although that is more overt and explicit. I've read plenty of threads on here where exes come into the house when picking up the children and shit in the toilet. Regularly.

Awful territory/possession marking. Your poor friend . I'd be worried if I was her how far he'd be willing to cross her boundaries if he doesn't take any notice of them in this instance. He is assaulting her. At what point will he take notice of her?

Oh the man is your friend. I misread. I think you need to be seriously considering your friendship with this man.

I hope he isn't going to be your friend for much longer and that you tell him why.

He wouldn't be entitled to touch her even if he wasn't ex. Consent isn't just about sex.

Nobody is ever 'entitled' to touch anyone else. Jesus. He thinks becuse she has, in the past, consented to him touching her that he should be able to touch her whenever he likes? Your friend sounds like a twat of the highest order.

Just wrong, so wrong.