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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson Responds to Sexual Misconduct Accusations [View all]Demit
(11,238 posts)107. Hopefully she's learned that hugging is not exactly professional behavior.
Her future colleagues aren't all going to appreciate the touchy-feely informality.
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All sounds plausible... to be fair, need to compare his detailed accounts to those of the accusers.
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2018
#108
Are you saying you can't have an innocent friendship and offer someone wine and cheese?
LBM20
Dec 2018
#9
Why is the subordinate offering to hug the boss to begin with? at least that's what he claims, she
LisaL
Dec 2018
#33
I thought what we were evaluating were this woman's claims about this man's behavior
oberliner
Dec 2018
#50
He notes that she quit the job immediately even though there were only a few days left
oberliner
Dec 2018
#124
She's hugging everyone, and she chose to go to his apartment where nothing happened.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2018
#122
The strange part is going to his apartment. She's not a slave. She has rights and agency.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2018
#143
It is often challenging to decline an invitation from a powerful, influential person
oberliner
Dec 2018
#145
Not as challenging as geting assaulted. You turn him down and THEN if he punishes you go to HR.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2018
#146
Which is why she should have filed a complaint when offered the chance. But she declined
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#178
The more powerful person has a responsibility not to put the less powerful person in that position
oberliner
Dec 2018
#173
Making unwanted sexual advances is what makes something a sexual harassment case
oberliner
Dec 2018
#197
And bolton rump traitors are about to bomb Iran, so very bad days ahead.
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2018
#101
I think you're on to it. The wine cheese invite resulted in both sitting on opposite sides...
brush
Dec 2018
#80
I don't think that's it; she said in another interview that she expected
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#191
Why feel humiliated? It could've been simply a misunderstanding. The job was ending...
brush
Dec 2018
#200
I agree, but I can sort of see her being upset that it wasn't what she thought
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#203
What he is accused of is maybe trying to have an affair. He shouldnt have done that if he did,
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2018
#103
Can we all please support the investigation and see what comes out of it
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2018
#14
Trump would not allow the FBI to investigate anything that he knew would show that
StevieM
Dec 2018
#28
Guess she figure this one doesn't add up to any Presidential election points....
Bengus81
Dec 2018
#169
I have no idea who did what. My post was a reply to a question that amounted to what's the big deal
MrsCoffee
Dec 2018
#23
A lot of workplaces have rules against that (supervisor and subordinate dating), mutual attraction
LisaL
Dec 2018
#39
The sad truth. We live in a time when if you are an outspoken defender of your beliefs....
usaf-vet
Dec 2018
#22
Once again, shades of the Franken topics. The reactions when the accused is "one of ours"
Tarc
Dec 2018
#24
We should just autmoatically assume everybody guilty, no matter WTF they are even accused
LisaL
Dec 2018
#30
they do seem to equate putting someone in a room and trying to rip their clothes off
demigoddess
Dec 2018
#74
I forgot that males get to decide which type of sexual misconduct is ok, and which is serious
Tarc
Dec 2018
#136
This is an excellent model for how to respond to allegations that you believe are not true.
Nitram
Dec 2018
#31
Yes, it's pointless to argue. I think what I think, and you think what you think.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2018
#72
Your response to this totally benign picture out-creeps anything suggested by it.
OilemFirchen
Dec 2018
#115
We are missing a great Senator because no one would do a formal review, instead hounding him out
Hekate
Dec 2018
#55
I'm starting to think Pence has the right idea of never being alone with another female
Revanchist
Dec 2018
#76
Oh please. Think before you post. The exact opposite of what you say is true...
MrsCoffee
Dec 2018
#157
I think it's kind of creepy for a person to go up to strangers hugging them period.
rockfordfile
Dec 2018
#99
Guess you've never been to an AA/NA meeting ... it's practically a rule that you hug strangers there
mr_lebowski
Dec 2018
#138
Who actually decides the timing of such accusations? And are they calculated to achieve some effect?
VOX
Dec 2018
#135
I'm not even going to grant that he behaved inappropriately, just that it was
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#176
Sorry, but I don't buy that. You have consistently tried to interpret every aspect of the situation,
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#205
Which nice people do when they think they've inadvertently upset a friend. /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#179
Also, this is the most straight-up piece of garbage I've read in some time:
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2018
#182
A "Native American handshake" that feels a person's "vital spirit energy" is bullshit.
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2018
#210
More likely he's creepy and is fine straying over boundaries. It's pretty clear from his statement.
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2018
#211
He says "I've never forgotten that handshake, and I save it in appreciation of people
LongtimeAZDem
Dec 2018
#214