Histrionic statements receive histrionic reactions; I fail to see connection with fear, fright or threat. I mean, we&#x27;re all just flinging poo here and that&#x27;s about it.<p>What got to me is not the title, but the way how an fascinating topic was dragged down to the gutter and then just choked to death.<p>I mean personal space is just another boundary, which one has to cross to &quot;get up close and personal&quot;. It is an act of aggression. Now who displays that aggression, is what determines what kind of response you&#x27;ll get. If it&#x27;s your sweetheart in a sexy mood, the response will be sexual. If it&#x27;s a skinhead with a knife, it will be a fear response. The action is the same: violation of personal space; the circumstances are not. You could write a dissertation on that alone. And well here we have a person obviously not in the field, writing a biology column on neuroscience using one quote of neuroscientist and a case study of a brain-damaged patient to drive her point that &quot;personal space is a fear response&quot; and not even doing that well. Sorry. The article is just bad.