Lasseter says : " No matter how benign my intent, everyone has the right to set their own boundaries and have them respected."
It's dead wrong. The boundaries are defined by society as a whole. The way he puts it basically says that if you don't set your boundaries, then don't complain if you are hurt.
No actually, whether certain behaviour or moves are acceptable or not depends entirely on the individual. Sales people and socially awkward people are told to reach out and touch people on the shoulder and such, for example; I don't like people touching me, but apparently it should be socially acceptable. I could make it a battery or sexual intimidation case if I wanted to.
Then there's people that actually like being touched, especially by close friends which, yes, can be colleagues, and can be people above them in the chain of command.
TL;DR it's a minefield, best to do nothing and stay away from people.
How do you deal with the fact that for some behaviors, most of the people who disagree with it just stay silent. Since nobody complains individually, does it make the behavior acceptable ?
It's dead wrong. The boundaries are defined by society as a whole. The way he puts it basically says that if you don't set your boundaries, then don't complain if you are hurt.