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NewJeffCT

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45. I wonder what sexual harrassment laws are like in the UK?

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue May 21, 2013, 03:56 PM

May 2013

and how they compare to the US?

Maybe she should have gathered evidence of this culture of harrassment & jealousy, or else gone to her company's HR department? If those are options for her.

But, if she is 33 years old and has been in a male dominated field since college, you'd think it would have been an issue for her 10-12 years ago? Why bring it up now?

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London woman Laura Fernee says she's 'too attractive' to work [View all] The Straight Story May 2013 OP

To me, it doesn't seem like her looks are the problem. Brickbat May 2013 #1

to me it seems, she's the problem. I don't buy what she's selling cali May 2013 #24

But sexual harassment is still pervasive in the science pnwmom May 2013 #28

Narcissist. Dash87 May 2013 #2

Me, too, but I have yet to convince my co-workers of that. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #3

Brings to mind the question... pinboy3niner May 2013 #9

I'm too sexy for this lab, too sexy to drive a cab geek tragedy May 2013 #4

Damn it! HappyMe May 2013 #11

Brilliant! eissa May 2013 #16

She's a jerk, but women in science and engineering still face a great deal pnwmom May 2013 #31

I certainly have no doubt eissa May 2013 #37

More like too stuck on herself to work. MineralMan May 2013 #5

It's why I work from home TlalocW May 2013 #6

Your overwhelming beauty is even oozing through the Intertubes and onto The DU. Arugula Latte May 2013 #19

And here I thought it was because you smelled like rotting cabbage. Ikonoklast May 2013 #23

My god, those are beautiful characters you typed. Marr May 2013 #35

Sally Brown (Charlie's little sister) Mopar151 May 2013 #7

That's Frieda TlalocW May 2013 #33

Try modeling treestar May 2013 #8

If she really wanted to work... KansDem May 2013 #10

rofl, funny and poignant loli phabay May 2013 #22

LOL! +1 Buzz Clik May 2013 #29

The video clip in the article BainsBane May 2013 #12

Why am I not surprised? Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #17

Interesting, isn't it? BainsBane May 2013 #18

Makes sense. They don't want to admit that sexual harassment is real, pnwmom May 2013 #32

It sounded like something from Daily Mail siligut May 2013 #36

It's a way to trivialize it BainsBane May 2013 #40

Playing the odds that most people won't watch the video siligut May 2013 #42

Would "suck it up" be inappropriate here? BeyondGeography May 2013 #13

Goodluck with that crap! Rex May 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author CJCRANE May 2013 #15

Yet she has tons of makeup on ala Kim Kardashian R B Garr May 2013 #20

too bad the article did not have a picture of an attractive woman to prove its point nt msongs May 2013 #21

She's delusional. She's average at best. n/t EC May 2013 #25

Meh. That ain't the problem. Buzz Clik May 2013 #26

She ain't all that and a bag of fish'n'chips Cirque du So-What May 2013 #27

Her claim does seem vain, but if she has been sexually harassed at work places, ZombieHorde May 2013 #30

She is fortunate to have that choice. Raine1967 May 2013 #41

Maybe she needs to exploit her looks in modeling, acting or getting married Cleita May 2013 #34

And she's modest too! n/t Lurks Often May 2013 #38

I have the opposite problem at work. n.t npk May 2013 #39

Damn I've wasted all my life working malaise May 2013 #43

'don't hate me because I'm beautiful..' Phillip McCleod May 2013 #44

I wonder what sexual harrassment laws are like in the UK? NewJeffCT May 2013 #45

Put your hair up and wear glasses. Courtesy Flush May 2013 #46

I understand how she feels, beauty is my burden too. Beacool May 2013 #47

She's better than average attractive but she's no knockout. hobbit709 May 2013 #48

Whole lotta THIS guy in this thread: Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #49