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Robin Abcarian: Handsy Joe Biden and the clueless perquisites of male entitlement

Joe Biden just does not get it.

Unless a woman is your wife or daughter, you may not put your hands on her shoulders, sniff her hair or plant a kiss on the top of her head. And even then, she has the right to push you away.

Why is this so hard to grasp?

Joe Biden can be a charming man. I once flew around Iowa with him in a plane so small our knees touched the whole time I interviewed him. He was perfectly appropriate, perfectly engaging and perfectly self-involved. And why shouldn't he have

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