Talk:Molestation

Redirect to sexual abuse?
I'm not sure if this is an appropriate redirect. While molestation is frequently used in reference to sexual molestation (sexual abuse... are they the same?) I don't think it solely refers to that. I've heard molestation used in other contexts such as regarding general bothering. I think it would be better to turn this into a redirection page, referring people to topics like harassment which it is also used synonymously with. Tyciol (talk) 07:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

definition debate
I got pinged because I created this page long ago ... all I'll say is I think non-sexual use of 'molest' and 'molestation' is primarily by non-native speakers of English ... for example in Spanish  molestar  is best translated simply as "bother" and people whose first language is Spanish may not always be aware of the elliptical connotations of the term in English. It's similar to harass, I think, but further down the so-called euphemism treadmill. — Soap — 16:45, 25 November 2017 (UTC)