Archive for February, 2007

I deserve better

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

SMV, Washington DC
     I was working as a hostess in 2006 at a fine dining Southwestern restaurant in Washington DC that had been in business for 15 years.  Besides being unfathomably rude and utterly chauvenistic, the General Manager of the restaurant (at the time) was very touchy feely. Like myself, he was hispanic and because [...]

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My coworker is being used as a sex object by the “boy’s club”

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Mike, Ontario Canada
     I have a story, and am confused as to what to do. I do not know if it is sexual harassment for it is hard to tell if the woman is a willing participant or not.  It is occurring at a workplace, where the genders are pretty much equal between 8 employees.
     [...]

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I feel like I should apologize for ranting

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Sue
     Thinking back I think that I’ve been sexually harassed by a few people.  I get really confused when I think about it and a lot of my memories have holes in them. 
     When I was 12, I was harrassed by a camp counselor.  He would make lewd comments to make me feel uncomfortable on purpose.  [...]

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My supervisor says it turns him on that he can’t have me

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Laura, New York
     About eleven years ago is when I started working at the company I am still employed by.  I had a supervisor who seemed like a nice single guy who was interested in me.  I liked him and told him so.  He would always ask me about my personal life and hang on every [...]

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I don’t know how to talk about this

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Joey Christine
     I have never told anyone this story, yet I have always kind of felt that I have over reacted. It happend two years ago when I was a senior in high school. 
     I dated a guy and when we broke up his best friend, “Red” took interest in me. We were in the  [...]

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Retaliation after I refused to sleep with my boss

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Tahira, Pakistan
     I am widow with two sons and am a practicing lawyer in Rawalpindi Pakistan. I did my (LL.M)  Masters in law from Kings College University of London in 1991. I would like to share my story of sexual harassment at my workplace, and how it has affected me in my life. 
     I was selected for ******** as a [...]

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