Happy Guy
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I am a guy (with two adult daughters and a son) so this my perspective. The women who report sexual harassment are the ones who felt aggrieved, threaten, humiliated or were harmed during the incident. Most men would stop immediately if the women said No, made gestures or showed body language suggesting discomfort. For many women it would take a rather overly aggressive person who wouldn't take No for an answer before they would report it. Many of us men will not have to worry about the innocent flirt. As for the patting the bum, my wife could have 30 years worth of charges against me
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We (males) must realize that it takes a tremendous amount of courage to report sexual harassment and the women who are reporting it risk being ostracized by their peers and recrimination from their superiors. Think of situation (it doesn't have to be sexual harassment) where you were placed in a circumstance where you felt you had no recourse because of the over whelming power that the aggressor had over you. The person could have verbally or physically intimidated you and that person had direct control over your career and future in the organization. It takes courage to step forward.
What we should be concerned about is fair treatment for the complainant and the respondent and a fair, open a transparent investigative and dispute resolution proces. Unfortuantely, from what I can see, the respondents are not getting any fair treatment by the government.
We (males) must realize that it takes a tremendous amount of courage to report sexual harassment and the women who are reporting it risk being ostracized by their peers and recrimination from their superiors. Think of situation (it doesn't have to be sexual harassment) where you were placed in a circumstance where you felt you had no recourse because of the over whelming power that the aggressor had over you. The person could have verbally or physically intimidated you and that person had direct control over your career and future in the organization. It takes courage to step forward.
What we should be concerned about is fair treatment for the complainant and the respondent and a fair, open a transparent investigative and dispute resolution proces. Unfortuantely, from what I can see, the respondents are not getting any fair treatment by the government.