Comments on: Don't report sexual harassment (in most cases)

By: Famous Art Paintings For Sale

Famous Art Paintings For Sale — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:03:21 +0000

If the owners, and the controllers, and the main beneficiaries, of the company, are secular, masonic, papist, satanic, luciferian, or ecumenical, then any person, who furthers the aims of the company, deserves any amount of discomfort, and will ultimately follow a path, of exit, that resembles that, taken by the occupants of the buildins demolished by the vatican on the eleventh day of September, 2001, or of the victims of tsunamis and earth quakins.

By: Should I report this? | Young and Employed

Should I report this? | Young and Employed — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:18:18 +0000

[...] of inappropriateness just so we don’t rock the boat? As Penelope Trunk stated in a past blog post it is often better to not report sexual harassment and sometimes you can even leverage sexual harassment to advance your career. I believe that most [...]

By: Is this sexual harassment? | Young and Employed

Is this sexual harassment? | Young and Employed — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:21:13 +0000

[...] most situations because the definition of sexual harassment is so broad. In some cases you can even use it to your advantage. Sometimes, if the person is a common perpetrator, I’ll let them know, nicely, that what they are [...]

By: Hatemail: Email I get that I hate | DodaPedia

Hatemail: Email I get that I hate | DodaPedia — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:36:46 +0000

[...] Feminism in the workplace is over (link one, link two). So everyone should just shut up about dividing the workplace into men and women. Men are helping [...]

By: Cheryl Ahmed

Cheryl Ahmed — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:25:21 +0000

In Massachusetts, the EEOC just tells you to call MCAD. Not everyone is allowed to file at the MCAD. Cab drivers aren't allowed, or people working for very small companies.
Good for you for your determination. I hope you can make a difference.

By: Debbie Barichello

Debbie Barichello — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:47:31 +0000

No you are wrong. You can file with EEOC about sexual harassment,Retaliation and more. I have been a victim of sexual harassment by my company and yes they retaliated against me and fired me. Compass group HR did not care. I was a victim of my co-workers stealing from my purse and more. They are still working for Compass and I was fired. I filed with EEOC and they are investigating. My boss and co-workers did the sexual harassing. I am not gonna stop until this kind of harassment stops.

By: JJ Wiggins

JJ Wiggins — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:16:03 +0000

Wow… I was feeling bad about wanting to comment on this thread (seeing as it was written in 2006) but I get to the end of the comments and see one from 2009, so I don't feel too bad…

I just wrote a blog posting regarding this topic and further expounding on what someone should do if they are facing harassment due to race (question of the first commenter). Unfortunately, I couldn't offer much more advice than Penelope did… especially to the poor girl above who is in the military. Feel free to review it here:

Career Guru Says Don't Report Sexual Harrassment

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:27:48 +0000

Bullies don't respect people. They want power. Period.
A bully demands your lunch money, you refuse, the bully and his 4 buddies beat the stuffing out of you, then take your lunch money. A bully at work is no different. Demanding respect from a bully is like talking to a steamroller. Get out of the way, or get squashed.

By: Cheryl Ahmed

Cheryl Ahmed — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:25:06 +0000

Hi Bill;
While I do agree with your comment regarding why women don't stick together, I disagree with your comment about the men. Many people think that sexual harassment is about harmless flirting or pursuing a romantic interest. In reality, it is about viciously and maliciously humiliating and degrading a woman in order to establish dominance and male superiority. It is the same mind-set that rapists have. Sometimes it is about trying to chase women out of the workplace to establish "male turf."
Actually, I think that the reason men stick together is built right into their DNA. "Teamwork" starts at Little League. While loyalty and sticking together is a good thing in things such as team sports and brotherhood among soldiers, it can be also be horrific, such as street gangs, group bullying, and gang-rape.

By: Bill Cammack

Bill Cammack — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:25:52 +0000

@Cheryl: Women (in general) can't afford to stick together on this topic, because they appear to be empathizers and become targeted for the same treatment as the harassed woman.

Men, OTOH, stick together, because it's all about "getting girls". It's what we do in the street. It's what we do in the bars. It's what we do at the baseball game. It's what we do on vacation. The only place where it's restricted is in the workplace, and that's only been relatively recently, and because of mostly unenforceable legislation.

"Go along to Get along" seems to be the order of the day.