@Trump Those are not comparable scenarios, your argument is absurd.
Do you really think the court would completely dismiss the circumstances and look at the act in such an isolated manner? I think not.
So yeah, let's say you're at home, in the couch, watching a movie with a girl. There would presumably be some relevant communication prior to this taking place, most likely documenting the context of how she ended up in that couch. She agreed to come over, probably knowing what type of meetup it would be. Meaning it's not unreasonable to think it would be more appropriate.
In general this is what battery is.
- an offensive touch or contact is made upon the victim, instigated by the actor; and
- the actor intends or knows that their action will cause the offensive touching.
Note point 2 "intends or knows". In a date situation it's damn near impossible to know that advancing to touch her would be offensive. You'd have to proceed past her objections to be in trouble in that type of context, because at that point you
know and you
intend it.
So, back to the video. This is different because he must have been living under a rock his entire life to be unaware that slapping a woman (or anyone for that matter) he doesn't know on the a$$ is considered offensive by most people. It would be a very weak excuse to claim he didn't know that.
Even if gets consent to touch her, she can always change her mind.
No higher chance than a woman knowing about your mere existence and slightly disliking you, whether you ever touched her or not. She can go report that, make up some BS story and most likely not get anywhere with it. On top of that she'd risk being charged with false accusations. If it really was that easy to put a man in jail using pure fiction then a lot more of us would have been locked up. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but reading a news story here and there of it happening doesn't provide a realistic view.
tl;dr Touching a stranger on the a$$, not ok. Trying to touch someone invited for a date on the boobs, totally okay if potential rejection is respected.