Reply #82: I didn't vote - b/c I didn't want to mix my vote up with the more serious harassment

[salin]

a couple of times in the 80s - by male peers I had to suffer through loutish, lascivious comments - that were quickly tamped out by the social reaction (they were in public and others, like myself, who heard were like "wtf" and the moment passed.)

Once in the 90s a subordinate made a really inappropriate pass - but again a different situation given I was in a subordinate position and after one quick moment made it clear that I was appalled and there was no recurrence.

I would say I experienced inappropriate behavior in the work place, but not harassment. In the first situation it was quashed by the social reaction of my colleagues and never recurred. In the latter situation the power dynamics were switched - and the person making the advance had more to risk by doing so and the behavior never happened again. Though had the power relationship been different (if he had been my subordinate), it very well could have turned into a harassing situation.