Have you ever done anything that would be considered sexual harassment?
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I have said and written things to coworkers that were very inappropriate. At the time I thought it was funny, or passed it off as a joke, but looking back I'm ashamed of my behavior.
One of the men I was inappropriate with spoke to a supervisor and I got a warning. I didn't recognize my behavior for what it was until that happened. I apologized. After that I examined previous behavior and realized that I had done something similar on a few other occasions.
As far as I know, I haven't physically assaulted anyone, but I'm guilty of verbal and gestures that were way off base.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Very brave share...examining one's behavior for the sake of improving or making the lives of others better is very selfless...
I know I have used humor to deflect from the many sexual harassment comments and actions I faced when I probably could have used other means...throwing back what you get is not always the right thing to do...I have physically punched people for assaulting me first...
I am now very hypersensitive to not "flirting" even casually at work because I know my co-workers aren't sure how to respond or if they will be slapped down for it...seems everyone is a lot more somber now due to awareness.
Just keep it out of the workplace...too many things can go wrong.
thinktwice
Level 8
Dec 4, 2018
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Since these days saying hello to a woman seems to mean harassment....yes.
Secretguy
Level 7
Dec 4, 2018
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Anyone who's ever watched the TV show The Office has probably heard someone at a workplace throw in the tagline from the show onto something else spoken innocently. The line was "That's what she said..."
TomMcGiverin
Level 8
Dec 4, 2018
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I would never want to run for public office or be a celebrity. There are things that at the time were considered pranks or fooling around that are now coming back to haunt people, which I was just as guilty of. Can’t change the past in anyway. We can only try to be better in the now and future.
Barnie2years
Level 8
Dec 3, 2018
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Funny question...grabbed a co workers dick after he touched my shoulder. does that count?
sammidenver
Level 4
Dec 3, 2018
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That counts
[I hope it’s ok to say] Never. So I ended up being ‘the guy’ ‘the girls’ could trust … then how could I let them down ..even if I could? I was brought up to be a good boy, something I still find difficult to shake. Don’t know if it’s done me an ounce of good, but it’s done no harm.
Varn
Level 8
Dec 3, 2018
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Yes, when I was young and foolish. Typical crowded bar scene, squeezing through the crowd if you get the drift. She made a comment I couldn't hear, but she should have punched me in the mouth. The problem being, if she did that, she has couldn't know if I might react violently to that, which really just shows how wrong I was to do that.
godef
Level 7
Dec 3, 2018
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Probably verbally, though I can't remember a specific incident. And maybe I pressed a girlfriend in High School a little too hard to have sex.
Tomfoolery33
Level 9
Dec 3, 2018
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In a meeting a female coworker started the question "How hard Tom", she then paused probably thinking of the phrasing for the rest of the sentence. I answered "Tom very hard when he need to be"
Tominator
Level 6
Dec 3, 2018
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As they used to say on The Office, "That's what she said..."
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