barbershop sexual harassment

Hi everyone, I’d like to hear your opinions on this situation. Would you consider this as sexual harassment?

It feels like there’s a fight between two voices in my head, A and B.

A:
I went to a hair salon to have my hair washed. While my hair was being dried, I noticed that back of my clothes was wet, so I asked the hairdresser to dry it for me. However, I didn’t expect the hairdresser to put his hand inside the back of my collar, touching neck and part of my back. He explained that he was putting a piece of tissue there to prevent heat ？？

I was shocked by this move and immediately stopped him. Since it was my back, which I couldn’t see, I wasn’t sure why he needed to put his hand there. Also, he didn’t consult me or get my consent to place the tissue there, nor did I feel the need for tissue to absorb water as my hair had already been dried.

For comparison, I was cooperative and understood the routine when they placed a tissue underneath during the washing process, but this hairdresser’s action was completely different.

B:
Could it just be that the hairdresser was trying to do a good job and meant no harm since he didn’t touch any sensitive areas?

Before drying hair, I suggested using an apron to prevent my clothes from getting wet, but perhaps to save costs, the hairdresser said he’d just move my hair to the side and dry it that way. He also asked me questions like where I usually get my hair done. I didn’t want to listen to his promotional talk, so I told him to stop talking, and then this incident happened.

Even though I muted him that doesn’t give him the right to act without boundaries. When I angrily went to the counter to pay and leave, he lifted my hair 😅. I pissed off and confronted him in front of other, and that’s when he apologized for the first time.

What confuses me further is the legal perspective. The officially established sexual harassment cases in my country tend to show very little inclination to convict subtle forms of violence like this…

The END

If this doesn’t qualify as sexual harassment to him, but it doesn’t feel like a misunderstanding to me, then what is it?