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To: Avalon Memories
In my entire career, I've only witnessed two instances of sexual harassment. One was an all-female-and-gay department who harassed any man who entered - including me. Far from allowing my entire being to be destroyed by the incident, though, I said, "Buncha #@#@@$#@!#$$!" and moved on with my life.

The other instance was a man who harassed the woman sitting next to him at a meeting. He said, approximately, "I'm gay so I can do THIS...", and proceeded to grope her. (yeah, none of us could believe it either. One of the darnest things I've ever seen at work...)

In the latter instance, the guy was fired on the spot. Only time I've ever seen that happen. In the former, once the top brass got wind of the zoo department - there were many other problems there beyond harassment - the entire group was canned from the top down.

So - does sexual harassment exist? Of course. But my - admittedly anecdotal - experiences over the course of a career are the complete antithesis of what's being reported on the news. No men with their pants off chasing women around the office after hours. No blind eye being turned to the entire escapade. In fact, I'd argue that higher ups are generally terrified at the thought of anything non-pc like harassment, or racism, and stomp it flat at the first hint. Too many lawyer/vultures circling to allow it to get too far.

28 posted on 10/30/2017 10:29:30 AM PDT by wbill
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To: wbill

Does it exist, yes, agreed. Does it exist at the rate the current bandwagon claims would suggest? All I can say is not that I have ever seen in the many types of office and other work environments I’ve been in. My working experience goes back to 1966 and still continues. One would think I’d have seen or experienced sexual harassment at least once while at work in all that time. I have in non-work settings, but never in the workplace.


32 posted on 10/30/2017 10:40:00 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (The question about fighting back is not what average people can to do, but how to do we do it?)
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