Sex vs. Power

Obviously Sexual Harassment is not a particularly funny topic, but I think that about 1% of my sexual harassment training could be interpreted as funny (to a certain extent, and as they say in the training, "different people often have quite different perspectives on harassment". True that). So, the following is funny to me. I assume this makes me a bad person.

Here are a few of the no-no’s I liked:
· grunts, wolf whistles, catcalls, hoots, sucking noises, lip-smacks and animal noises
· looking up and down (elevator eyes)
· winking, licking lips
· uninvited neck massaging
· stalking

Here is a really tough question:
For the past two years, Denise, a file room clerk, has been subjected daily to fondling, hugging and kissing from her supervisor against her will.
Ask yourself:Is this behavior severe, mild, or somewhere in between?
Then ask yourself:Would a reasonable person judge this behavior as sexual harassment?

Sadly, I got a kick out of this story:
First, we will consider Jan, the outgoing, older woman, who pays a lot of attention to Roy, the young man with a mental disability. Jan’s attentions include exaggerated flirting and even touching and rubbing against Roy. The young man is very uncomfortable with this behavior and does not reciprocate. Do you believe that Jan would behave in the same way if Roy were someone she considered her equal? Someone her own age and status, with no impairment and who may assertively tell her to back-off? It is unlikely that Jan would continue the aggressive sexual behavior toward such a person. It is only Roy’s image as someone vulnerable or helpless that gives Jan the feeling that she may continue the behavior, even when it is clearly unwelcome to Roy

The following are a list of emotions that one might feel after being harassed at work. Unfortunately I feel these emotions daily without that harassment:
· depression, anxiety, shock, denial
· anger, fear, frustration, irritability
· insecurity, embarrassment, feelings of betrayal
· confusion, feelings of powerlessness
· shame, low self-esteem, self-consciousness
· guilt, self-blame, isolation

I thought there would be more funny to put up, but apparently that’s it. That and all the pics posted are the extent of the chuckles of the sexual harassment training. The shittiest thing is its online and takes about 45 minutes to complete, but there is a required timeframe of 2 hours before you can take the test while you have to be logged in (and you can’t be on any page for longer than 3 min, so I’m writing this and switching pages every so often to kill the timer).

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Eddie Tour - Heartache (Instrumental Re-edit)
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