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Originally Posted by TiltedDonkey
I mean, this is always going to be the case right. Except in really egregious or ongoing cases, it's probably always going to be much more of a pain in the ass to submit some sort of claim than it is to just let it go. I'm not really sure how you solve that, except to try to convince people to deal with the pain in the ass in order to help prevent others being harassed by the same person.
I'm not talking about the general nuisance of having to deal with the legal system but the specific difficulties encountered by victims of rape, sexual assault, and sexual abuse--many of whom are deeply traumatized--that have lead in extreme cases to
victims commiting suicide after unsuccessful attempts to confront perpetrators (TW obviously). It's not enough to handwave that they need to stand up for themselves and all others who are wronged, noble though that may sound. We need to restructure the law's system of evidence, penalties, and reporting in a way that makes sense given the nature of sexual crimes.
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We could certainly do better here.
Yeah, that was my point, of course. I could see a case for a constitutional amendment relaxing the confrontation clause for sexual offenses.
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This just seems like general problem of wealth inequality more than anything specific to sexual harassment.
Well, yes, as microbet (I think) pointed out way upthread, a lot of the issues of power imbalance could be corrected through socialist wealth redistribution measures. But my point here was actually that the financial penalties for creating a hostile work environment should be increased, possibly by a very large amount.
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Originally Posted by batair
At work tonight im probably going to flirt back with a women who likes to flirt. She is kind of sort of one of my bosses. Should i report her to HR or tell her we have to stop the friendly banter.
Report her and yourself to HR, then go home and say 10 Hail Marys.