Posted on 08/05/2005 1:35:01 PM PDT by MRMEAN
BANGOR — A man who claims he was subjected to sexual harassment while working as a nurse at Eastern Maine Medical Center is suing the hospital over his alleged treatment. Hospital officials deny the allegations. Daniel Lufkin said he was subjected to comments such as "men are jerks" and "men are idiots," was told to shut up by female co-workers and supervisors when he tried to offer an opinion, and was humiliated by co-workers on the basis of his gender.
In addition, Lufkin claims he was given verbal and written warnings for alleged performance-related issues as retaliation for workplace complaints, and was denied advancement and career opportunities in the intensive care unit.
Lufkin, 41, of Medford, worked as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at EMMC from 1998 through mid-2004.
His lawsuit in U.S. District Court contends the hospital violated the Maine Human Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act, and retaliated against him for filing complaints. Lufkin is seeking a jury trial and damages.
Hospital lawyer Frank McGuire denied Lufkin was treated unfairly. McGuire said the hospital investigated and addressed Lufkin's complaints at the time he made them in 2004, and no job action was taken against him because of those complaints.
Lufkin's attorney, Joseph Baldacci, said Lufkin has not worked at EMMC since last summer.
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Can he prove he is not a jerk?
Goddam it, I'd say be a MAN. Man are tougher than women. They can TAKE IT, damn it, when women would wilt and fade.
Women are weak, and must be protected - that is what the sexual discrimination stautes were DESIGNED FOR.
Chin up, dude!
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This fruity idiot obviously can't take a hint.
"Daniel Lufkin"
Should read : Danielle Lufkin.
All things considered I don't think we can afford to drive men away from the profession.
And I don't see where you get off thinking that a chronically abusive work environment can be just laughed off because the abusee happens to be male.
You should try it sometime, being a man you're not allowed to snap back.
It was really wonderful hearing in detail about the female nurse's periods, sex lives, and other intimate details about themselves, and about boyfriends or husbands, as if I were not present.
It was "my problem" if I was embaressed, didn't like it, or said anything about it...
...but woe betide us if another male was on-shift and we dared say anything the gals felt was "sexist" or offensive.
It is amazing what potty-mouths today's younger nurses are, and what they consider appropriate conversation at work.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't. If conversations like this had suddenly stopped when you entered the room, wouldn't you consider that 'discrimination'?
Perhaps so. In my case, it was a matter of THEM coming to my station at the desk, sitting down, and starting in. I was a chair-bound technician, tied to my monitors at the main nursing station, except when they relieved me for breaks & meals...a captive audience.
I AM a man. And I recognize that as a man I am smarter, tougher, wiser and have greater expectations put on me than would be if I were a woamn. I need to be twice as good as the woman who might be working next to me, who was promoted only to "promote women" in the profession.
I know that women can make rude and insulting remarks, sexual comments and be obnoxious and disruptive to the work environment.
I, however, as a man, can not. That's the way it is.
And, as a man if I suffer I suffer quietly, suck it up, and not whine and complain like a big baby and bring a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Can any nurses out there confirm this? My sister-in-law, and RN, told me that since there are more and more men in the profession, salaries have gone up. She said men fight harder for more money than women do. Is there any truth to this?
"Today's younger nurses"? Heh... Where I work a number of nurses (both young and old) could give a biker gang a run for its money.
There is nothing creepier than a male nurse.
More men have entered the profession in the last 20 years or so. They can be found in most every position, but tend to gravitate towards the ER or into surgical nursing. Women are still a much higher percentage.
I understand that, but is it true that because of the men, salaries are going up?
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