Many years ago in when I was in junior college, I had a college roommate-from-hell (didn’t we all). Nobody liked Mindy. She expected to be the center of the universe, and was so self-absorbed it made her oblivious to the ridicule she inspired around campus.
Every morning and evening, Mindy would indulge in [...]
I stumbled across this today while perusing our web traffic. (It was a link back to a post at another community.) It’s an email conversation between a female employee and her HR director, her supervisor, and the company owner, no less. I’ll let the conversation speak for itself.
my company is big on giving [...]
In China, a 28-yer-old woman has won the first sexual harassment lawsuit since the country passed the Chinese Women’s Rights Protection Law back in 2005.
The woman, surnamed Luo, suffered repeated groping from her new boss at the Japanese-owned company Moriroku (Guangzhou) Plastics Company Limited. She complained to the institution officials, even producing photographs of her [...]
So, Liza Minelli is out of trouble now, though I would love to know how much the settlement was–the guy signed a “won’t talk” clause.
If you don’t know about this, Liza (63) got sued by her chauffeur for quid pro quo harassment. The victim said she made many repeated attempts to “compel [...]
Okay, it’s all over the news and the talk shows. David Letterman has a history of having sex with his female employees, some of them very young.
I haven’t really been following all the chatter about this, but there is chatter about the chatter at our support group. Some are very upset about how [...]
Many people might be surprised to hear that one of my favorite movies about sexual harassment is Pretty Persuasion. It’s a very, very smart, extremely funny (not to mention raunchy) comedy that takes a swipe at pretty much all forms of discrimination. Like any good satire, it makes fun of a problem while highlighting [...]
I stumbled across reports today at both MSNBC and Science Daily about the first ever longitudinal study of gender and sexual harassment. ((In case you are unfamiliar with the term, “longitudinal” means the study was done over a long period of time.) The study is called, “A Longitudinal Analysis of Gender, Power and Sexual [...]
Quid Pro Quo Harassment is “something for something” abuse. This occurs when a job or educational benefit is directly tied to a subordinate or coworker submitting to unwelcome sexual advances. An harasser may ask for sex in exchange for a promotion, or a plum assignment, or necessary/extra work resources. In it’s most extreme, [...]
I occasionally hear from men or women who are being harassed because others think they are gay, even if they aren’t. We even published a story about an elementary school teacher who was doing this to her students. (See story) The label can get placed on them for a number of reasons, usually because [...]
Everyone is talking about this. Seems we should comment on it here since this is our “territory.”
Last week, Letterman joked that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez had “knocked up” the former vice-presidential nominee’s daughter during a family trip to a baseball game.
Here is the joke:
“One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at [...]