pretty gigi:
Well, I can't think of 100 things wrong with my statement. Maybe one, maybe two, but 100? I still stand behind it...its still my opinion, and I haven't changed it, yet! Who knows, maybe you'll convince me.
I read back and your initial post did NOT say "stare"....it said "some HAIRY OLD DUDE comes in BY HIMSELF sipping his drink and walks around ENJOYING THE VIEW"...it was later you brought up staring, and it was your initial post I was replying to. In reading it, you seemed as upset that the man was hairy and old and by himself as you were that he was looking! I'm sorry, IMO, its a public deck, anyone old enough to be on the deck as a right to, even if they're old or hairy or by themselves -- or all three! But maybe you're right, when was the last time I went on a cruise and saw someone like that sipping a driink, walking around enjoying the view? Whatever is cruising coming to?
Look, I don't mean to sound like I don't appreciate what you're saying. I don't always like it, either, when I feel like I have to remind someone that my face is about 7 or 8 inches above where their line of sight is. But its hardly on a par with rape (re: Kobe's lawyer comment). I just think that if things like that really bother you, you ought not to put yourself into a situation where it is very likely to happen.
Of course, another tack would be to make a suggestion to the cruise line or crew to make it "ladies only". If enough ladies did that, it could happen, couldn't it (in the future, I mean, not at the time of your cruise)....