Sexual Harassment

Men, Women and Sexual Harassment
Is this really what this world has come to mistaking a friendly
co-worker for
sexual harassment?   Women who are starving for attention often
exaggerate
sexual harassment issues.   It could be understood if this harassing
behavior
results in "quid pro quo," a "hostile working environment" or causing a
reduced salary.   Essentially "quid pro quo" harassment involves making
conditions of employment (hiring, promotion, retention, etc.)
contingent on
the victims providing sexual favors.   As for hostile working
environment,
this is when the workplace is permeated with discriminatory
intimidation,
ridicule, and insult, that is sufficiently pervasive to alter the
conditions
of the victim's employment and create an abusive working environment.  
But as
for being made so unhappy that they are not able to function well in
their
job, this is just a personal, psychological problem.
    When these employees sue a company, they are out to get two things,
money
and publicity.   Most sexual harassment cases are inaccurate.   This
usually
depends on who the person is, ones upbringing and how ethical one is.  
    Charges can be brought against someone commenting on how a
co-worker
looks that day.   This has just gotten too out of hand.   These comments
that
are made by fellow employees are most likely trying to make the
so-called
"victim" feel better about themselves or boost their self esteem.   But
instead a man, or a woman for that matter, would be accused of sexual
harassment when they are just being polite and maybe a little
flirtatious.  
The typical American citizen would disagree entirely.
    Many different studies have attempted to investigate the frequency
and
prevalence of sexual harassment. Surveys provide widely divergent
statistics,
indicating that anywhere from 30 to 70 percent of women have
experienced some
form of sexual harassment at some point in their... [continues]

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