Have you ever suffered sexual harassment in the workplace, and you do anything about it?

[CubaPirate]

[IslaTheWitch]

from my former boss... but it's hard to say what it was... I didn't give him a chance to do what he wanted to do... I screamed my lungs out and ran away when people appeared... there was a fight...

the company took care about it... I needed only testify to the police officer

I ended with nasty bruises on my arms but nothing more

[msmissydc]

Not in work as in coworker but because of work yes. Mostly these are not in person, mostly in Emails in the form of rapethreats, exreme mysoginy etc.

[CubaPirate]

Have you reported any of these incidents

[msmissydc]

Yes, often. We have a police department that specialises in these kinds of things. Befofe that rarely as it was too much of a hassle without it doing anything at all.

[msmissydc]

Now it's still not doing much but it's as easy as sending an email. They check if its actually a crime (which is it most of the time), and look if they can track them down.

[DaveJord]

Yes, and I yes and the retaliation increased... all woman chain of command at work. And they bitter about it.

[DaveJord]

Bottom line anything a man says or does can be twisted into harassment. But when women do it to men, they do not see it as harassment, and even when they do, they do not take it seriously. Women can get away with things the men can't, bottom line.

[NathanDavis]

nope, not me...

but a dear friend of mine had it happening to her, and I DID something about it

[Elliegirl]

Yeah, kinda. When I was pregnant the first time I heard a coworker say to another, “See? I told you she’s a slut.” He defended me and said, “Dude, she’s married.” I went in my office, closed the door, and cried.

[CubaPirate]

That's despicable behaviour

[Elliegirl]

He eventually got fired. Not for that, but other women made some complaints to hr about him

[Alexandra____]

Yes my former boss use to be really touchy and stuff, he would touch my waist and say it’s a mistake , I always let him know i was uncomfortable 😣 until i resigned without even getting paid for the previous month i worked

[CubaPirate]

That's outrageous

[Kelly6]

That’s really Insane

[mandyfire98]

Yes and no I didn't. It wasn't from a coworker but a customer.

[CubaPirate]

Did you do anything about it 🤔

[mandyfire98]

What was I gonna do? Who would I have told? Who would give a shit? Not like my employer could do anything to him, he's a customer not an employee.

Anybody else I told would've probably said I was overreacting.

[CubaPirate]

I suppose it depends on the severity of the event. But maybe you could have reported it to the police

[mandyfire98]

They wouldn't have done anything about sexual harassment. Just told the guy to stop doing it.

[CubaPirate]

OK thanks for sharing 👍 🙂

[mandyfire98]

No worries. Happy to answer

[Nikki1989]

I don't consider it harassment, but I go through crap daily from men.

[butterly248]

Yes when I was a teen working in McDonald's. Never did anything about it. Thought it was normal or a joke.