The Golden Rule is basically self-centered arrogance because what "I" want is no suitable basis for conduct or morality. It's likely I may want and be ok with things that others aren't. Sexual conduct and flirting, for example, are areas where the only proper approach is to consider others. The one doing it may be ok with it and have harmless fun with others, but there are going to be those made uncomfortable by such gestures and remarks.
And here is me thinking that the Golden Rule was simple to understand.
Actually Jesus was not making something up but was quoting what is in the Torah. From this site:
Golden Rule - Wikipedia
<<<The "Golden Rule" of Leviticus 19:18 was quoted by
Jesus of Nazareth (
Matthew 7:12; see also
Luke 6:31) and described by him as the second great commandment. The common English phrasing is "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". A similar form of the phrase appeared in a Catholic
catechism around 1567 (certainly in the reprint of 1583).
[32] The Golden Rule is stated positively numerous times in the
Old Testament:
Leviticus 19:18 ("Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD."; see also
Great Commandment) and
Leviticus 19:34 ("But treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love yourselves, because you were foreigners one time in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.").>>>
I think it is easy to understand when approached in the right spirit.