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As a woman, I do see a difference between an annoying person who won't stop talking vs sexual harassment. It's an I-know-it-when-I-see it thing. Besides just the words, which can be innocuous on their own, if one person (of any sex/orientation) is hitting on another there's also the way he/she is looking at you, body language, and just a general vibe.
The last time I had my car in the shop there were several people in the waiting room. One middle-aged woman had her dog with her and an older man talked on and on to her about dogs. It was apparent to me that after a while she was tired of the conversation and relieved when he left, but there wasn't anything sexual about it and she did not appear to feel threatened in any way, just tired of the conversation. I think the man was just a bored retiree who didn't have anything better to do while waiting. (This particular waiting room didn't have much in the way of magazines or anything else for customer entertainment, I guess they assume these days that everybody will bring their phones or tablets if they want entertainment.)
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