http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog Muses, ramblings, and vents on the sexual harassment issue Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:11:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a music lover, and an admirer of much of the Asian art and culture I've been exposed to, I very much appreciate this concept I read about today. An Asian American woman shared her sexual harassment story at the website Conducive. She was employed by and Asian American company, ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2010/01/16/speak-up-go-kabuki/ I received a story today that is much like so many of the stories I am hearing these days. It's the story of a man who was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who really just couldn't say no. Here is the story: By Robert I worked at a Hospital ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2010/01/09/just-say-no-already/ 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 ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2010/01/04/wanting-it-both-ways/ 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 ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/12/30/we-like-em-big-here/ 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, ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/12/29/sound-familiar/ Did I say that the Jay Glosser case was one of the worst stories of sexual harassment retaliation I've heard? Well, it still is, but now I've stumbled across another one that is worse. Frank Garcia, a former nursing supervisor in Rochester, New York, has been sentenced to three life ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/12/17/revising-my-worst-case-assessement/ 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 ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/12/11/women-behaving-badly/ Recently, LiveScience and Yahoo featured an article published by a university professor which claims the more formally educated someone is, the better they are at handling anger. Source (As if people stop learning when they quit going to classes.) This made me laugh out loud. After working in social ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/12/05/guilty-update-on-the-tcc-murder-plot/ Having a bad day. What I wish I could say... "Do I have a blinking neon light on my forehead that says 'I want you!'"? Did I give you some kind of subconcious inclination to approach me, ask for my number, look me up and down, call me baby or touch me? No. So ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/10/10/object/ 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 ... http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/blog/2009/10/09/the-letterman-affairs/