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A controversy of 2011 over whether the American blogger Rebecca Watson was right to suggest that a man in an elevator inviting her to his room for coffee was behaving inappropriately.

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Elevatorgate

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Elevatorgate

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A controversy of 2011 over whether the American blogger Rebecca Watson was right to suggest that a man in an elevator inviting her to his room for coffee was behaving inappropriately.

Japanese Meaning

2011年に、アメリカのブロガー、レベッカ・ワトソンが、エレベーター内で男性が彼女を自分の部屋に誘いコーヒーを提供しようとした行為が不適切であったかどうかという論争を指す固有名詞

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Elevatorgate sparked intense online debates about harassment, consent, and the boundaries of social etiquette.

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2011年に起きた、ブロガーのレベッカ・ワトソンがエレベーターで男性にコーヒーのため自分の部屋に誘われたことを問題視すべきかどうかをめぐる論争は、ハラスメントや同意、社会的な境界に関する激しいオンライン議論を引き起こした。

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A controversy of 2011 over whether the American blogger Rebecca Watson was right to suggest that a man in an elevator inviting her to his room for coffee was behaving inappropriately.

One of the difficulties for the women whom Elevatorgate is “Storifying” lies in making a determination as to when his following them becomes obsessive enough to qualify as stalking and whether that signifies actual danger for the women he is obsessed with.

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