petite_asianbabe:
Originally posted by Dr. Dilznick+Jun 20 2005, 07:04 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dr. Dilznick @ Jun 20 2005, 07:04 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>
Originally posted by petite_asianbabe@
Our cruel society has associated these particular words with a particular gender and society continues to view women as 'objects'.
I shouldn't be judged or leered for the way I dress at work, which I had mentioned was very professional and conservative. I think my term "business sexy" was taken in the wrong context, I was referring to how the attire for work is completely different from a social setting and therefore the responses are different.
So DD, I think you should take the time to understand the whole story before making judgements.  :grr:  x(  And for your information, in most sexual harrassment cases the women didn't do anything wrong to warrant the unwelcome sexual advances of certain men. Most men are civilized, its the few that make the workplace uncomfortable for women.
I apologize. I'm trying to get off the anti-depressants I've been on for a while, and it's going pretty badly. Unfortunately my cross hairs are turning towards LPSG in reaction.
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petite_asianbabe, you have been most gracious. I assure you that most of us here will not be rude to you.
I got to sit in on several sexual harassment cases, and I saw three kinds. A few were nuissance ones that could be handled by arbitration, those were the "spiteful bitch just has a bee up her ass". Those are probably about 20%, according to our lawyer. The second one was they guy was doing it, but they were able to work out an equitable arrangement (usually relocation of one or another to a different department or location), but both keep their jobs. Those were about another 30 to 35%. Nearly HALF were legitimate claims that there had been ongoing harassment, often by a group of men who had not been accustomed to having female co-workers. Even amoung the ones who had always worked around women though, there is a type of thinking amoung certain men that just disrespects women in general. "Mysogynist" is not a made up word. I'm sorry to say, this thinking is not easy to change. No, women are not alone as victims of sexual harassment, but the percentages are hugely male. The bigger problem is the social acceptance of this behavior amoung groups. Women who would harass a man would likely not be lecherously eyeballing a man while saying loud enough for him to hear "look at the ass shake on that!" to her friends. It just makes you feel naked.
It would also help if women in a business environment would try and keep the flirtatious behavior to a minimum. Sometimes men just can't hold it and have to let you know how they really feel. I don't do that though, as I have control and can appreciate you all in silence. In fact I've even told some of my then co-workers to tone it down a bit.
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DD, your comments really hurt my feelings but I will accept your apology. I love to chat/talk alot and sometimes I may not convey my thoughts clearly, and I don't think it helps that I usually log in late at night when I'm half asleep! I hope you will be able to kick your anti-depressant drugs to the curb, good luck.
Anyway, I think we have strayed off course from the original thread, sorry alleyblu!

My last comments are that the majority of companies (at least in the USA) have policies pertaining to acceptable business attire and sexual harrassment and I believe the rate of sexual harrassment cases has declined.
I have never directly experienced sexual harrassment but as a woman I know when I am being looked over. The company I work at is predominantly male but the department I'm in has more females so the men are always walking by and trying to strike up a conversation or try to take us to lunch. When I pass by a group of men in the hallway the conversation always stops and I can feel their eyes probing me, I think once I even heard a faint whistle. Again, I will repeat that I do dress in a very conservative and feminine way at work. It is uncomfortable at the gym too because men stare at me like I'm a piece of meat. Anyway I think we have beat this topic to death, but in a way it seems that women who are beautiful and attractive are being punished.
As for flirty behavior, I (nor my fellow female co-workers) do not flirt in the workplace at all. But some guys take a friendly smile, "Good Morning!", or a pat on the arm the wrong way. I do not think that is flirting, right? :mellow: