My snowflakes melted.

No, it doesn’t.

It means they’re afraid of you. Afraid of what you’ll do if they protest or shove them away. Afraid of other people not believing them. Afraid of being publicly humiliated because others don’t believe them and make fun of them. Afraid of being fired. Afraid of being raped or worse if they refuse the kiss or the grope.

Speaking of 9/11, I was a middle school teacher then and I remember on 9/12 explaining to my students why the passengers and the crew on the airplanes didn’t fight back, At least on the first 3 planes. It was because in all the previous incidents, if the passengers and crew didn’t upset the hijackers, they would eventually be released safely. If they did upset the hijackers, they risked being killed. So they chose passivity in the hopes that it would be over quickly, they won’t be hurt too much and they can return to their normal lives soon- kind of what victims of sexual assault are thinking.