Posted on 10/26/2017 8:03:17 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
The young woman was clearly in earshot when the boss said it to a group of male employees: “That is the kind of ass I would tear up when I was your age.” A male friend of mine quoted it back to me from a moment early in his career, while we were discussing the recent Harvey Weinstein allegations. He didn’t speak up then, and he still doesn’t speak up now when he witnesses sexual harassment in his office.
“I’ve never seen a person actually fired for it,” he says. “It sends a message to the observers, like, ‘All you’re going to do is hit a beehive. There will be no possible benefits for anyone involved.'” Why kick up the dust? Instead, he makes a habit of checking in with female colleagues afterwards to see how they’re doing. “They seem to brush it off. They have to go in knowing that it’s probably going to happen at some point.”
Real harassment is anything my grandfather would not have approved. So anything the is outside of 1940’s mores, is purposeful and is signaled as unwanted. Anything.
Unless the woman is a feminist. At that point she can take care of her superior, ass kicking, self. And turn into nasty, bitter, poor, lonely old shrews like my aunts.
Male on male harassment is worse and happens more often but that’s top secret.
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