American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson issued a statement yesterday in response to several accusations of sexual misconduct.
Referring to a 2009 incident in which a woman accused him of groping her, he explained that she had a tattoo of the solar system extending up her arm and that he had merely been “searching for Pluto”.
Men who find themselves similarly overcome with what the scientist described as “planetary enthusiasm” are advised to make their exploratory intentions clear.
An appropriate approach would, for instance, be: “Excuse me, miss, would you mind raising your skirt so that I may conduct a brief search for Pluto?”
Could have been worse if he was searching for Uranus.
Entering personal space either way is a dangerous thing to do, personally I think it is an invasion of privacy and should never happen and he just makes himself a target!
Don’t think the effect would be the same, somehow. An attempt at seduction stripped of mystique.