On this day, January 9, in 1902

The state of New York introduced a bill to outlaw public flirting. Apparently the bill aimed at prohibiting men from turning around on any city street and looking at a woman 'in that way'. A fine of 25 dollars was the penalty for breaking this law. Its interesting that the government didn't want men to look at women in public, but they didn't mind a woman being brutalized and abused, as long as it was kept private.