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Freddie

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3. And sometimes it happens so fast

Reply to Separation (Original post)

Sat Sep 29, 2018, 08:35 PM

Sep 2018

By the time you realize it, the person is gone. When I was in college, a well-regarded professor walked up behind me and fondled my breasts. It was fast and he disappeared. No witnesses. It was the 70s, didn’t even occur to me to report him. “Oh, he’s just handsy” “you were wearing a tight sweater, right?”

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I was a witness to sexual harassment and did nothing. . . [View all] Separation Sep 2018 OP

Thank you for sharing your story. TygrBright Sep 2018 #1

Article 134 of the UCMJ sarisataka Sep 2018 #6

Absolutely! Separation Sep 2018 #8

Bystander training is so, so important. All someone has to say is "what the fuck, dude?" WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2018 #2

And sometimes it happens so fast Freddie Sep 2018 #3

How long ago was this incident? True Dough Sep 2018 #4

This was easily 10 years ago Separation Sep 2018 #7

You did do something mercuryblues Sep 2018 #5

Correct in a sense Separation Sep 2018 #9