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To: Linda Frances

Don’t care. Call the cops or suffer your disgrace in silence. Women need to get a clue how the world works. No special privileges.


47 posted on 04/27/2020 6:21:30 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: The Toll; Linda Frances; Helicondelta

I’m with you, Toll.

I’ve been groped, kissed, & fanny-slapped in the workplace on multiple occasions way back in the day when “boys will be boys” was the attitude, when there were NO rules against sexual harassment, complaining about it would automatically get a lady fired, and “unlawful termination” lawsuits were unheard of.

In those days we had no legal recourse and no choice *except* to fight— because if a woman suffered in silence, word got around that she liked it (the men bragged) & she’d be branded as a slut.

My response each & every incident was to scratch, fight, & holler at the top of my lungs WHILE the creep was trying to manhandle me, bringing other employees running.
No way I’d keep quiet or only cry to my mommy!! I don’t care HOW important the groper was—I’d scratch his eyes out!

And yes, in the early days I was fired on more than one occasion— and I was glad to get out of that environment.
But other times, the assaulter was fired.
By the time I was 40 (and still good looking) all I had to do was tell a groper that I would not hesitate to file a grievance if he ever touched me again.
The problem stopped right then, and word got around— don’t mess with me!

I simply do not understand these women complaining *now* about something they didn’t report in the 80s or 90s.
Especially at jobs (government, media & entertainment too) where employees have, for years, been protected by unions & rules which specifically define terms like “sexual harassment” & “hostile workplace.”

These “#metoo” women are barely into middle age, yet from the supposedly “empowered” feminist generation!

The right not to be manhandled in the workplace has been “a thing” since the 1970s.


68 posted on 04/27/2020 8:29:02 PM PDT by mumblypeg
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