Megastar Beyonce and former US vice president Joe Biden found themselves on opposite sides of a heated debate over personal space Monday, sending social media into fits over how close is too close.
The debate concerns less sexual assault than the concept of the “personal bubble” — a sense of necessary physical distance particularly valued in America — set against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement.
Her fans were quick to react, with many Twitter users lambasting Hardwick for breezing past personal boundaries. Stephanie Carter quickly refuted any notion that Biden’s actions were intrusive — but the debate was already simmering. According to Princeton researcher Michael Graziano, the zone is “more robust” around the head — on a crowded subway car, for example, “we’ll tolerate people pressed up against our shoulders, but not against our faces.”
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