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I'm just saying that if you are being harassed or assaulted to do something about it, not to sit there and take it because your scared of what others will think. If you don't have any proof then try to be creative and get proof. (text messages, emails, photos etc). Just dont be silent.
Interesting. I worked in a design shop , roughly 20 years ago. I think there were probably 150 employees, maybe 10 of them being women. There was blatant sexual things being cast around , hell half the guys were surfing porn on their computers and nothing was being done about it. But one women spoke up , she didn't want to hear cuss words, sexual innuendoes etc. First , management gave her an office. That didn't work, so then the firings started. I think 5 people lost their jobs because they couldn't control themselves. Oddly enough, that woman which was around 15 years older than I which seemed like such a prude in the workplace , certainly wasn't out of it... but that is a whole other story.
WOW, That's a crazy story too. Amazing what people have to go through to earn a living.
Maybe the craziest part of my story is what has happened since this guy got fired. He was there over 25 years and has come back in the office to say how much he misses all of us! LOL. He came to my office too saying that, knowing I reported him as he was called in about it. Mr. "I'm going to have to go on meds if something isn't done about him" told me the SAME thing. Acts now like he misses all of us and we were his "best friend's". It's completely nuts.
The bottom line is; work is hard enough without this added BS from people who can't function in society but you are STUCK with them for 8 hours a day. That's more time than what many get to spend with their own family. This situation is what harasser's thrive on. I am a friendly person, but I feel I speak for most when I say I just want to put my time in at work and go home.
Then what's the point of bringing it up 20-30 years later? No one will take you seriously.
How can you be so obtuse as even ask those questions? Look around you. People are finally talking about and taking sexual harassment in the work place seriously, thanks to the #MeToo Movement. We're at a moment in history that could be historic and pivotal. Only time will tell...
Wow, pretty crazy offices you must have worked at. I've been in a male dominated industry since the late 80's and we've always had some sort of HR representative and I've seen plenty of people fired over sexual harassment, many within hours of it happening. The only repercussions the women suffered was people ended up steering clear of them or walked on eggshells around them.
You don't think people steering clear of a co-worker, or walking on eggshells around a co-worker, isn't much of a repercussion? Becoming a pariah in the workplace is devastating to a career.
You may be concerned about your career and making money, but please do the right thing and report these incidents immediately not years later. It's best to get these scumbags fired or in jail before they do the same to other people.
I doubt we would have the same hysteria if Hillary won. Women would just be shut down like Hillary did against Bills accusers.
It's funny how leftist are all of a sudden concerned but do or say nothing about rape accusations against Bill Clinton. Even supporting Hillary for president where Bill will roam the WH halls again. I'm sure it would have brought back memories for him.
How can you be so obtuse as even ask those questions? Look around you. People are finally talking about and taking sexual harassment in the work place seriously, thanks to the #MeToo Movement. We're at a moment in history could be historic and pivotal.
But what is the end game? Money, lawsuits, embarrassment. if some of these women would have spoken up years ago then they wouldn't have been any other victims. It 's easy to jump on the bandwagon. Someone has to put their neck out on a limb to start it.
And they probably got punished as a result. Labeled as trouble-makers, complainers, and that deadly label, feminists. Blaming the women who chose not to get labeled seems unfair, don't you think?
And they probably got punished as a result. Labeled as trouble-makers, complainers, and that deadly label, feminists. Blaming the women who chose not to get labeled seems unfair, don't you think?
OMG. The woman who's been sexually assaulted or harassed in your mind doesn't have a clear conscience???? She did nothing wrong, buddy. Her conscience is clear whether she reports it or not. She's not the guilty one!!!!!
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