Re: Asimov was a letcher
I'm far from puritan, but some dude grabbing my arse would find his balls up around my ears. And it was the case back then too, actually, except that women were mostly expected to put up with it, or get hubby to defend his property.
At best, you hear most women of that era say "you put up with it". It's a vanishingly small number who enjoyed it. And even then, what you enjoy from someone you actually find attractive vs someone you don't can be quite different.
As for reputation, maybe he had that reputation among men in his social circle, and the women he targeted, but it's really unlikely that women in general would have been in on the loop unless they were very close to it. Your random female fan in those relatively sheltered days would probably not be expecting the famous author Dr Asimov to be playing grab-arse with them.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
