was this sexual assault

basically was in the club last night with my female friend and we were dancing and next minute a guy came up behind started to grind up against me I told him to piss off as im not into that and then he put his hand up my shirt grabbed my bum and ran off my friend says it is sexual assault and is telling me to tell the police what do I do?

basically was in the club last night with my female friend and we were dancing and next minute a guy came up behind started to grind up against me I told him to piss off as im not into that and then he put his hand up my shirt grabbed my bum and ran off my friend says it is sexual assault and is telling me to tell the police what do I do?

Yes, this is sexual assault. Inform the police, and that'll hopefully make them twink twice when they do it to someone else.

The only way society is going to move forward is if people report, report and report. If not, we're only going to create an environment where sexual assault continues to thrive.

I'd say any punishment received would be completely disproportionate though.

Having someone grab your bottom is very annoying, but has no lasting consequences. (It's happened to me, and I'm male. I wouldn't dream of going to the police about it.)

If someone is reported to the police for that, they'll be given a sentence, put on the sex offenders register, be unable to get a job. It would literally ruin their entire life.

That's simply not a proportionate outcome. (Obviously I would not be saying the same thing if the crime was more serious. In that case, a harsh punishment is justified.)

I can see what you're saying, but the guy should've taken this into consideration before grabbing the person's bottom then, shouldn't he? The responsibility of this guy's life isn't down to who he grabbed, it is only the responsibility of the guy who did it in the first place.

Situations like this can have lasting consequences on a person - we all respond to things differently, it can impact one moreso than another. Simply because it's happened to you and you wouldn't go to the police about it etc, doesn't mean that this person shouldn't go to the police.

No one has the right to touch another person inappropriately like this without their consent, therefore I'd personally report it as I'd feel violated and wouldn't want the same thing done to anyone else.

The guy was almost certainly completely wasted though.

Meh, I'd class this as being like a man going to the police for being "physically assaulted" after being slapped by a girl, for example. By which I mean, going to the police is a complete over-reaction, and it should instead be "laughed off".

But I can obviously see the other side of the argument, as the guy in the OP here has technically done something wrong.

Meh, I'd class this as being like a man going to the police for being "physically assaulted" after being slapped by a girl, for example. By which I mean, going to the police is a complete over-reaction, and it should instead be "laughed off".

The guy was almost certainly completely wasted though.

Meh, I'd class this as being like a man going to the police for being "physically assaulted" after being slapped by a girl, for example. By which I mean, going to the police is a complete over-reaction, and it should instead be "laughed off".

But I can obviously see the other side of the argument, as the guy in the OP here has technically done something wrong.

maybe u shouldnt have wore such a short skirt should wear jeans silly girl

basically was in the club last night with my female friend and we were dancing and next minute a guy came up behind started to grind up against me I told him to piss off as im not into that and then he put his hand up my shirt grabbed my bum and ran off my friend says it is sexual assault and is telling me to tell the police what do I do?

It's people like you who are the reason for such disgust in this world, women shouldn't feel obliged to cover up their bodies, we can wear what we want

Can't believe you said this.

Sexual assault is wrong, whether drunk or not. Especially when someone is in a position of societal power or physical power.

If someone sexually assaulted your mother, daughter etc. would you "laugh it off"?

Victims (men and women) need to start reporting these "harmless" sexual assault incidents. Otherwise sexual predators are going to thrive and continue. This is the reason why sexual assault is so normalised and where the standard response is to simply laugh it off!