Feminist blogger slams 'Kissing Sailor' from iconic 1945 Times Square photo as 'drunken predator' 
 
 
 
 
 
 The indelible photo depicting a sailor kissing a nurse in the middle of Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II has long been considered one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, but was it a romantic gesture or something far more sinister? According to one feminist blogger, the answer is the latter. What’s more, the 22-year-old Mendonsa was on a first date with another woman, Rita Petry, who later married the man who will go down in history as the ‘Kissing Sailor.’ 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mystery solved: After years of speculations, it has been revealed recently that the sailor and nurse in the icnoc photos are 89-year-olds George Mendonsa, right, and Greta Zimmer Friedman, left 
 
 Memories: George Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman reunited in Times Square, the location of their famous kiss in August 2012 
 
 According to the feminist blogger, the iconic image betrays that ‘something is not quiet right.’ 
 
 
 
 ‘We learn that George and Greta were perfect strangers. We learn that George was drunk, and that Greta had no idea of his presence, until she was in his arms, with his lips on hers… It seems pretty clear, then, what George had committed was sexual assault.” 
 
 
 
 The blog Feministing.com embraced the sexual assault premise, claiming that a closer look at the picture reveals corroborating evidence of the ‘crime’ that took place in 1945 in the middle of Times Square. Facts: Friedman recalled how a sailor suddenly grabbed her, and she said that it wasn't her choice to be kissed by a complete stranger 
 
 Boozy smooch: Mendonsa admitted that he had quiet a few drinks to celebrate the end of the war when he saw a beautiful young nurse and couldn't help but kiss her 
 
 'Leopard writes in her blog, 'The unwillingness to recognize a problem here is not surprising, considering the rape culture in which we live. 'It is not easy to assert that a woman’s body is always her own, not to be used at the whim of any man without her consent. It is far easier to turn a blind eye to the feelings of women, to claim that they should [empathize] with the man, that they should be good sports and just go along with it.’ 
 
 
 
 This is not the first time that someone raised concerns over the 'Kissing Sailor' photo. The guy just came over and grabbed!” 
 
 “I did not see him approaching, and before I knew it, I was in this vice grip. The articles even give us Greta’s own words: 
 
 “It wasn’t my choice to be kissed. Huffington Post 
 
 Daily Mail 
 
 CBS News 
 
 A few facts have come to light. 'The excitement of the war being over, plus I had a few drinks,' he told CBS.
– The iconic kiss that symbolized America's victory in World War II? It was nothing less than sexual assault, according to a British blogger who notes that Greta Zimmer Friedman—the kissee in the classic Life photo—was grabbed and kissed against her will, reports the Daily Mail. "If there is a better symbol for how messed up our ideas about sex and romance are, I can’t think of one," writes Leopard on Crates and Ribbons. Indeed, the man who planted that kiss—George Mendonsa—was on a date with his future wife when the war ended, he popped a few drinks, and spontaneously took hold of Friedman. "I wasn’t kissing him," she later said. "He was kissing me." Leopard lays it on the line: "It seems pretty clear, then, that what George had committed was sexual assault. Yet, in an amazing feat of willful blindness, none of the articles comment on this, even as they reproduce Greta’s words for us." Click for Leopard's full blog.