Sexual Harassment Stories and Experiences

Tasha, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

     My boss called me into his office.  I thought it was to discuss work.  He looked over at me and said, I have been noticing you and I like the way you work, your an intelligent young lady.  I politely smiled and said Thank you.  He persisted on to say, I like your breast….I love breasts.  He continued on with talks of sex and so forth.  After leaving his office, I was shocked.  I didn’t know what to say. 

     Two weeks later, he called my phone (work extension) and asked if I wanted to go out for some drinks.  I declined.  A couple of months after that, his car was in a wreck, he asked me if I could take him home.  I thought nothing of it and agreed to take him home.  He asked in the car on the way if I could keep a secret and would I tell if he put his hands on me. He asked if I wanted to be his women on the side and if I enjoyed oral sex.  He rubbed himself and made groaning noises.  He went on to talk about how his wife would not have sex with him and that he was sexually frustrated.  After that night he begged me for a ride home for the next couple of weeks.  I told him that I could not take him home and made excuses to leave early. 

     I hated coming to work, I would have to hide so he wouldn’t find me.  He’d see me and walk around with this sad look on his face. He would go out of his way to be extra nice to me. He’d make statements to others about how pretty I was or how much he respected me or compliment on my art work.  I was a art student.  After not taking him home for a while, one night I was on my break and he left a note on my desk asking if I would take him home .  I really did not want to, but he made sure I did not leave him that night by following me out the door.  I didn’t want to tell him no in front of everyone, so I took him home. 

     On the way home, he kept trying to touch me, and I pushed him away. He insisted that I take the long way to his house and escorted me down dark dead end spots around the subdivision were he lived. I would say this is not the way to your house and he would say I know.  He exposed himself and tried to force me to touch him.  

     It was months before I finally had the courage to tell someone.  I went to human resources twice, but was not brave enough to put what happened down on paper.  They said if I did not write anything down, they could not do anything.  He must have gotten wind that I went into human resources about it because a few weeks after I  reported it, I was fired. 

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