'Whistleblower' taped to chair and gagged

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A woman who complained of a racist and misogynistic culture in a Scottish government agency claims she was taped to a chair and gagged by two male colleagues as a warning to keep quiet.
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Ms Fitzpatrick, a Canadian national, said it happened in 2010 as a result of her blowing the whistle on a threatening and misogynistic culture at Marine Scotland's office in Scrabster, on the far north Caithness coast.
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The BBC has seen emails showing Ms Fitzpatrick tried to raise the alleged attack with one of her managers soon after it happened, but it appears to have not been taken seriously.
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He added: "I am sure they meant no harm and that was the boys just being boys."




Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44222575

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There's not that much doubt - a photo taken by one of the men:

[samnsara]

1. How can they not be arrested for this?

[cos dem]

2. Holy crap! I believe in the US that would be considered assault?

[angrychair]

4. Not in Trump's America!

That there is just Locker Room Talk™️

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Yikes! The article manages to make it look even worse...

Apparently, she's under disciplinary action for visiting her dying father in Canada, and filing the complaint.

And nobody's talking.

[salin]

5. K & R

[ProudLib72]

6. This is seriously disgusting

[bucolic_frolic]

7. I have known people in life

who would be howling with laughter at this incident.

I'm not one of them. It is hard to comprehend there are men so stuck in the macho-male, little-dainty-female mindset that would not see this as totally inappropriate.