Most men aren't the subject of unwanted sexual attention in every day settings so they don't understand how violating it can be. It puts women in a no-win situation, because they know their managers wouldn't take their side and that they wouldn't be able to stick up for themselves, without being accused of getting too emotional.

She really explains it well at 1:57 when she asks if you've been told you're too emotional. Most people who have not experienced sexual harassment don't understand this. They may have never experienced the powerlessness one feels when confronted with a comment from someone who holds power over you. They don't understand that it is emotional. They say things like, "Why are you taking it so personally?" or "Don't be so emotional. They don't get that sometimes speaking out and making complaints makes life much worse when the person you're complaining about has power over you. You could lose your job, your credibility, your husband may not believe you, your friends may think you're making a big deal out of nothing, other women may feel like you're just too sensitive and emotional because ALL women deal with this. Sexual harassment victims feel like they can't win no matter what... so they stay silent (and hide their emotion)... UNTIL NOW #PreventSexualHarassment #EncouragingEquityatWork #RespectinTheWorkplace

Never to keep silence , some sick man will keep going ! Keep evidence !

It's horrible how many woman blame woman for not speaking but no one knows what that woman went through during her childhood or teen years. They may have had sexual abuse and it hurts to speak about it and have to deal with this as an adult woman.

Hard to concentrate on the discussion because memories of my own encounters with sexual harassment at work, reported and unreported, flooded my mind. It's a nightmare when it happens & a terror to experience the backlash when you complain but very little is done to eliminate it.

One of my last jobs at a supermarket, sexual harassment made the younger female cashiers feel on edge, mostly because of the creepier older guys. The express lane would have mostly older guys that looked creepy, and I referred to this line as the perv line. I would give the creepy guys the crossed arms and look of intimidation to scare them away. If I were the store manager, I wouldn't put up with it either and would probably end up banning a lot of these creepy older men, if they ever got on the wrong side. I would've particular banned a older guy who asked out one of the younger cashiers, who was a college student out for dinner. She politely declined, and this guy stood there and stared her down and gave her a menacing look on the way out. She was scared and a coworker ended up driving her home. As a PT sales associate, I didn't even have the authority to tell customers to leave the store, even though there were times where their behavior towards our female staff was unacceptable.

It still happens A LOT! SMH. This world stinks

HR works for the employer, so they will have bias. Eventually, your employer will find an excuse to fire you for reporting the sexual harassment. The best thing to do is to file a police report because that is a sworn statement and a legal document. Then quit your job and seek legal counsel to sue your employer and/or the perpetrator.

It's bad enough that it happens, but when you have to stay silent to keep your reputation and job and keep working in an unhealthy environment, I'm sure it takes it's toll. I thought when the RCMP had the big scandal a couple years ago and the MeToo movement started taking off, it would change, but apparently not. I'm watching W5's The Tarnished Badge and the police force is still very toxic. What irks me more is the NDA's. That only silences the parties, it doesn't fix the problem but rather allows it to continue. I am sure many above and around Cosby, Weinstein,, Moonves,... knew what was going on, so they should be held accountable too. Then maybe things would change. What a disgusting world we live in.

Wow, I'm happy more women are coming forward and speaking up about workplace harassments, and other misconducts. I live and work in Canada. I went through 1 year of Sexual harassmenst, bullying, harassments, retaliation and discrimination with my previous employer. I file complains with HR and they said they would investigate it, but nothing became of it. This was my full-time job and my only means of income, and I was injured on the job, so I was on W.S.I.B (workplace safety and insurance board) who was taking care of my Physio Therapy sessions....etc and on top of that I was dismiss from my job, because I couldn't work the way I use to anymore, so I was useless. Some may say, why didn't you get a Lawyer and fight your employer, it's easier said than done. Lawyers are hours in Canada, so I would have to pay $300+ for consultation + $300+ hours. In USA Lawyers are flexible and they work on contengences, hours.....etc It's tough being a victim and it's tough going up against cooperations..

Its hard because the justice system and law enforcement do not help us victims of sexual assault they just brush it off which is disgraceful and tgey should be fired

Sounds like hiring women has become a liability.

I have a EEOC case date March 20 because of the sexual harassment I endure at the USPS but as many may know no lawyer in NC will take a case against the Federal USPS ☹️ I’m going to document my situation so other women can know how to represent themselves in a EEOC

Author Tolu2 , "There are more laws longer to protect animals than females"

Well men need to start reporting women who are harrassing they do it too

Solution? Seperate men and women? No more harrasement? Better performance from everyone? Yes? Why don't they do it? I would bet all my money that the reason behind mixing boys and girls in schools, men and women in offices, are purely political and social engeneering driven.

When I took to wearing shorts in a Hospital as a general Porter, I was subjected to sexual taunts on a daily basis, from a lot of female staff members some of which seemed to think it was appropriate to pinch and stroke my legs. I was subjected to derogatory remarks from the nursing staff and female patients. I shrugged it off as any man would. I had no wish to make political capital of it. It is impossible to for a man to judge what is and what is not appropriate when dealing with women in the work place. .

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Smash the patriarchry..

Not sure about the US, but assault in other Common Law jurisdictions doesn't have to involve physical contact, ie. even a threat of physical contact counts as assault.

I did not get justice in Bangladesh, rather after filing physical harassment case corrupted criminals Hv filed 6 false cases, sent me to jail on the counter false case, threatened me to kill and now am out of home since 3 yrs!

I'm glad that open dialogue has finally being used

I know of a co-worker who saw me looking at her engagement ring and removed it right before my eyes as she looked me in them. Am i not supposed to believe thats not what that looked like? I didn't hit on her because i saw it but what about the next person? She took the ring off and this seemed to be what was going on with her and the company was already riddled with all kinds of sexual harassment allegations where they had to have training on it every few months. But did i really see that? Im not about feminism either life male/ female evolved together and thats scientific fact. No need for anyone to have a battle of the sexes.

Predator or sex hunter

Sexual harassment exists in every industry, even within the law profession.

Re: Sexual Harassment; Being referred to as a "girl, doll, babe or honey" is not necessarily a bad thing. A female boss once put her hand on the small of my back and I felt like "Oh, she's looking for a date after work"! Without words it was established that I bareley acknowledged this and I just kept working without incident or further persuit. Women that I don't even know have called me "honey, sweetheart, sugar, etc" at the local Dollar General. The problem is eventualized on any side of the coin when the fear of losing your job is implied if a date etc is refused. The question becomes "How do you meet someone inside the workplace? I suppose the answer is "by being a gentleman", that way the mutual respect is not lost. Once mutual respect is established then you may have a chance at a date! R. Youngblood

It is scary.

Some women don’t mind using wha they got to move up, y’all are hurting that group of women by complaining of sexual harassment

i work at home so...

The prostitution trade in the United States is estimated to generate $14 billion a year. A 2012 report by Fondation Scelles indicated that there were an estimated 1 million prostitutes in the U.S.

PLSSSSS GOOD MORNING ON WHAT TO DO HERE: IVE STARTED MY CAREER A YEAR LATER A GUY WAS HIRED CANT STOP LOOKING AT ME, HE FOLLOWS ME TO THE BATH OFF BREAKK, ENDORSEMENT NAMES, HE TURNED INTO MY BOSS WEEKS LATER HE MOVED WORK WHEN I WAS GONNA QUIT AND REPORT HIM. WHEN I DID MY DON RETALIATE ME NOW ITS HARD FOR ME TO FIND WORK…

Ask #Ford !!! He knows!!!

Going through sexual Harassment on and off jobs lost jobs,closed my Business Owner of Jj cleaning services. Small Business Owner ,after Katrina here in New Orleans La. went to city hall they knew nothing about the person or persons who closed my Business ?? Jacqueline Lumpkin Business Owner and also worked another job to have Benefits working Mom now Blacklisted here in New Orleans La. 70131 No Employment Had To Stop Driving my Car reported threats to media and police ,wrote the white house .also switching the food out of my Refrigerator and Freezer it's the Holidays and the Attacks are Daily !! have a Gift Wrote pastors about the Gift of Inventions.

“Increadable pattern of bad behavior according to all these women”. Wow way to deflate their reports.

Depends if you are talking about touching and assault which would be an offence or bad jokes and banter because when you include the latter it makes a mockery of the whole issue.

speak up

Harassed Because of Gift Ms, Jacqueline Lumpkin From New Orleans La. 70131 we have a new mayor here!!

Ha ha ha, what a joke. It was happening to them under their noses.

At 5:33 is the real solution

This is sad

I bet if it's a prime Brad Pit it's not sexual harassment 😆.

Some possibly use "Sexual Harassment" and other "Lawsuits" to Money Launder Money to and from one another(s).

For the most of it, if its just compliments and such, people need to get over it, you'll find that anywhere else in the world its called "Flirting" look it up. but if it's prolonged and uncomfortable then i see the problem but just let people know and stand your ground if your a women.

Baby girl doll...exactly

I got my co worker fired cuz I couldn’t take it anymore and told another co worker and he told the boss and I feel so bad because that was his source of income and he has a baby , ugh I feel horrible

Most difficult to speak out... "Thou art even as a finely tempered sword concealed in the darkness of its sheath and its value hidden from the artificer’s knowledge. Wherefore come forth from the sheath of self and desire that thy worth may be made resplendent and manifest unto all the world." ~ Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Faith

Go after SPORTS illustrated playboy ect they dont mind laying it down for the mags

Well is this just men that harass? Women also look for advantages by bating men! What the hell do companies have human resources for if not to make timely complains to stop this immediately. Many start with daddy and by sweet talking him to do something for them early in life.

I don't see the problem!!!

So women value the one job they have over being free of harassment?

Damn. I've lost count of the times I've been propositioned at work over the years, and every time it stopped immediately when I told them to knock it off. Speak up, problem solved.

it’s only sexual harassment when the guy is unattractive but if it were a good looking guy calling you sweetheart it’d be a totally different story. It’s all about preference. Conundrum 🙄

now these nonsense things doing in media and all..waste of time and making more discriminative nature..if woman touch man it's ok, if man touches woman in office means doing discussions like this?..is it required?..foolish humans..

Lol who cares

Lame....

This is why women should follow address code. Men and women should be separated at work. 83% of women claim sexual attack or harassment? That means every man is a predator and every women is a victim.

Hairesment

Sexual harassment is basically sexual advances from men you dont like....if you like them, then it becomes flattering and romantic....so in a nutshell the crime someone does is not being attractive enough..or powerful enough or rich enough for your tastes....once again....almost everything a woman says is just feelings.

harassment comes only in women not men..that is also in beautiful women not ugly..change Ur think women..it's nature to touch and grab women..

stop going to work with make up n sexy dress attention