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When a Kiss Is Just a Kiss

When a Kiss Is Just a Kiss
The prince kisses Sleeping Beauty to wake her from her 100-year sleep in a skit performed at Sababurg Palace in Hofgeismar, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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In “Casablanca,” the greatest movie ever made, Dooley Wilson (as Sam) sings: “You must remember this/ A kiss is just a kiss/ A sigh is just a sigh.”

Sarah Hall of North Shields, England, would disagree. For her, a kiss, such as that bestowed by the handsome prince on Sleeping Beauty, teaches impressionable youngsters that non-consensual sexual contact is socially acceptable.