# Woman Denied French Citizenship for Refusing Handshake **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-denied-french-citizenship-for-refusing-handshake/812826 "2018-04-20T22:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-denied-french-citizenship-for-refusing-handshake/812826/66 "2018-04-24T14:07:57Z")
> [@Batano](#): > > I’ve been to France. The Roma women don’t seem to have much trouble touching men when they are harrasing them for money. Only because cultural prejudice makes it difficult for them to obtain other means of earning money. Aside from the fact that there is an ocean of difference between a woman initiating touch and a man demanding it, prevent people from making an honest living, why shouldn’t they turn to crime? And that French official is making a big mistake with his hissy fit over a woman exercising her right to refuse to be touched. It’s not going to encourage assimilation, but further alienation. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-denied-french-citizenship-for-refusing-handshake/812826)._