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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sexual harassment is not a joke. It's not ok. Playing along DOES NOT HELP. [View all]
It may get you rewarded by the overwhelming majority of people who still don't recognize the patriarchy and all its insidious methods of maintaining women's lower status, but that positive feedback still doesn't make it ok.
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Sexual harassment is not a joke. It's not ok. Playing along DOES NOT HELP. [View all]
redqueen
Dec 2012
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It does but not on near the scale nor with near the outcomes that it does against women
TeamsterDem
Dec 2012
#3
true, according to EEOC statistics - and also, men are frequently the perps against other men.
spooky3
Dec 2012
#5
I wasn't familiar with that fact but it's interesting regarding male-on-male harassment
TeamsterDem
Dec 2012
#7
But the important thing is that Vox M. turned the focus away from the BIGGER problem..
left coaster
Dec 2012
#10
yes. i am betting not even a significant number when it is street harassment. almost exclusively
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#18
It's not the only one, but it's a possible one, yes. Claiming knowledge of someone's intent
TeamsterDem
Dec 2012
#35
I got into fights with my co-workers who thought it was okay to yell lewd remarks to little girls...
freshwest
Dec 2012
#44
Except one woman's definition of harassment is another's definition of friendly banter.
Daemonaquila
Dec 2012
#42