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DURHAM D

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5. What if the boss/owner is the perp?

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Fri Oct 27, 2017, 10:40 AM

Oct 2017

Who do you report to?

When I was in college we used to write Professors/Grad Assistants/Administrators names on the mirrors with lipstick in the women's bathrooms. If the janitor was a woman it was left on the mirror, at least for awhile. If the janitor was a man it was removed nightly.

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Men who sexually harass or assault women vary rarely do it only once. [View all] MineralMan Oct 2017 OP

Predation is a behavior. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #1

Especially if they see there are no consequences for their behavior dalton99a Oct 2017 #2

Exactly. MineralMan Oct 2017 #4

Men who are told their friends and co-workers are harassers very rarely believe it. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #3

Actually, my tendency would be to believe such reports. MineralMan Oct 2017 #6

You're a real peach, MineralMan. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2017 #8

That culture needs to be changed. MineralMan Oct 2017 #9

Men like you will do a lot to change it. Mariana Oct 2017 #14

+1. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #10

What if the boss/owner is the perp? DURHAM D Oct 2017 #5

Good question. And one for which I have no clear answer. MineralMan Oct 2017 #7

Weve been trying for years ismnotwasm Oct 2017 #11

I agree with you 100% MineralMan Oct 2017 #12

Yeah ismnotwasm Oct 2017 #18

Wasn't one of our top tier Democrats sitting lecturing and dismissing Anita Hill? Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #13

how about when they face this: niyad Oct 2017 #15

I'd blow the whistle on whoever did the sexual assault MineralMan Oct 2017 #17

Ain't that the truth? Nt raccoon Oct 2017 #16

This is our new national crisis. Initech Oct 2017 #19

It's probably our least-known national crisis, too. MineralMan Oct 2017 #20