In my experience men who harass women do so because
they are threatened by them. In both cases,
older men, who weren't used to women in the workplace, felt a need to put me
down because they couldn't deal with the fact that a young woman was telling
them what to do. Their comments were
sexual in order to belittle me and show me that all I was good for was having
babies. It was really quite
extraordinary.
I confronted one on the spot and eventually had
both fired because I am the most dreaded of people - an assertive woman. Unfortunately not everyone is.
But we need to differentiate between behavior that
is meant to demean and honest propositions.
I had no problem with the latter as long as the men who made them were
willing to take no graciously - which they all did.
Every woman can tell the difference between
predatory behavior and a compliment, and so can every man. So don't try to tell people it was a joke or
accidental. We see you and you will be held
accountable.
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