I got a new job and now I’m being discriminated against and sexually harassed. Warning: this may offend some. I guess I need to vent and get opinions?

Anonymous
I got a new government job with good benefits, a pension and a huge increase in pay. I am the only female. I work at a disease filled plant with heavy machinery. My thoughts are that everyone’s equally capable of the duties, man or woman. I work with many races of men including a lot of Indians from different parts of India. I will be straight forward immediately. I do not discriminate against any race or sex, and I believe everyone is equal. When I first started, four Indian men asked me many questions about my personal life and I assumed they were being friendly. I told them I had a family, a daughter who I had young and a boyfriend. The fact that I wasn’t married today and had a daughter young out of wedlock didn’t sit right with them. Also, the fact that I’m a female at a “man’s job” doesn’t sit right with them. One Indian refused to train me and told me that “this is a man’s job and brought up my menstral cycle being a problem.” I was told that “if I had my child young in India, I would’ve had to kill her because she was a mistake, especially if I wasn’t married arranged by my parents.” Another Indian thinks I’m an easy American and touched my butt, breasts and tried to lift my shirt up. I reported it to the head of HR and they’re in the process of making a decision going forward. Currently him and I are no longer allowed to work together. I am constantly being belittled for not knowing the job with very minimal training, discriminated against for being a female, and reminded that I had a child at a young age only by these four Indians. To make matters worse, one of them let word out about the sexual harassment and now the entire plant knows. One of the Indians is calling me a liar and spreading rumors about me wanting to “sue the company because I didn’t come from money.” His words. I am not suing anyone and I only want justice and to be treated fair and respectively. All of these things took place in the span of only two months. I’ve reached my breaking point
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Just wanted to update everyone. The man who touched is getting a warning against him. As far as I know warnings expire off your record, meaning he could move up to management eventually (he’s trying). My goal was to stop anything happening to another female in the future and a warning doesn’t stop that. Unfortunately I see this situation happening again wheather it be to me or someone else especially if the asshole gets promoted. Disappointed in HR
I got a new job and now I’m being discriminated against and sexually harassed. Warning: this may offend some. I guess I need to vent and get opinions?
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