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When the young female employee reported the defendant's alleged harassment to his partner, the partner told her, "don't worry, his dick doesn't work anyway." I'd love to hear that cross-examination by Rosemarie Arnold, who I've heard is a very tough cookie!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Anti-bullying Laws for the Workplace; Is There A Difference Between The Bully at Work and the Sexual Harasser
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“People are trapped, they don’t have the same alternative jobs to jump to,” Namie said. “They are staying longer in these pressured, stress-filled toxic work environments.” Citing the economic downturn. Surely victims of sexual harassment are in the same predicament in this slow economy.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Jon Peters: He Took the Case to Trial.... and LOST.
On the stand, Morita tells of Jon Peters' harassing behavior, which sounds all too familiar. Click to read the article.
She wasn't silent, and she prevailed.
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She wasn't silent, and she prevailed.
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Why Stay Silent?
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/01/why-so-many-victims-of-sexual-harassment-stay-silent-still/266820/
It's been a bit more than twenty years since I worked for the Animal. Animal is the term we used for him. Why did we call him the Animal? Because he behaved like one. I'd never seen a man so constantly grab his crotch area through his jeans and maneuver his junk. This Chairman and CEO would scream at the top of his lungs about any minor detail (a busy phone line, a 10 cent discrepancy on a bill for reimbursement, a five second delay in a ringing phone line, etc.).. He'd throw a tantrum if someone ate one of his cookies, and most importantly, dominated everyone around him with his aggression and power. This is not to mention his vulgar and disgusting behavior of a sexual nature, which I won't go into now.
Yet, what is the reason that we never came forward?
I still have difficulty writing anything about those two years. It's as if the trauma is so deeply ingrained, that to bring it all up again would create more anger and frustration about my silence during the term of Harassment.
I recall one incident vividly that happened not too long after I began working at the Studio. The incident didn't even involve the Animal directly, but his Co-Chairman and Co-CEO. The incident was even more despicable, in my mind at the time, ironically, because I didn't even work for the Animal's partner, yet he too thought he could harass.
It was a regular morning in the Executive Offices of the movie studio. I was running out of the Animal's office to perform some task he'd assigned in his office the second before. As I walked past the front reception desk on the way to my office, his partner, his co-Chairman and co-CEO, slapped my behind. I was confused, shocked, humiliated, embarassed and objectified. I had left the door open to the Animal's office when I'd left, and instinctively turned around to see if I'd get any look of sympathy or support from my boss, and if in fact the Animal had seen his partner touch my bottom. He had, and I saw the smirk on his face, almost like he was thinking, "Gosh, I wish I'd done that." Then, as the butt-smacker walked toward the Animal's office for his meeting, he yelled out, "Honey, those pants are too tight."
The angry feeling I had felt a moment earlier disappeared. All of the sudden, I thought, "Shit, it's my fault, my pants are too tight." I went from being the victim to the perpetrator in less than ten seconds.
I was no longer angry at the men who were treating me like a two bit hooker, I was mad at myself. I shouldn't have worn those cream colored slacks. How crazy of me to dress in fitting slacks with a nice blouse to work. I brought his behavior upon myself.
This was how they got you. Their manipulative tactics, so subtle, yet so effective.
Clearly, there were many other reasons to refrain from reporting the pervasive abuse that took place. However, when you work for the big boss, there is, one most likely feels, nowhere to turn. That was how I felt then. I know now how wrong I was.
It's been a bit more than twenty years since I worked for the Animal. Animal is the term we used for him. Why did we call him the Animal? Because he behaved like one. I'd never seen a man so constantly grab his crotch area through his jeans and maneuver his junk. This Chairman and CEO would scream at the top of his lungs about any minor detail (a busy phone line, a 10 cent discrepancy on a bill for reimbursement, a five second delay in a ringing phone line, etc.).. He'd throw a tantrum if someone ate one of his cookies, and most importantly, dominated everyone around him with his aggression and power. This is not to mention his vulgar and disgusting behavior of a sexual nature, which I won't go into now.
Yet, what is the reason that we never came forward?
I still have difficulty writing anything about those two years. It's as if the trauma is so deeply ingrained, that to bring it all up again would create more anger and frustration about my silence during the term of Harassment.
I recall one incident vividly that happened not too long after I began working at the Studio. The incident didn't even involve the Animal directly, but his Co-Chairman and Co-CEO. The incident was even more despicable, in my mind at the time, ironically, because I didn't even work for the Animal's partner, yet he too thought he could harass.
It was a regular morning in the Executive Offices of the movie studio. I was running out of the Animal's office to perform some task he'd assigned in his office the second before. As I walked past the front reception desk on the way to my office, his partner, his co-Chairman and co-CEO, slapped my behind. I was confused, shocked, humiliated, embarassed and objectified. I had left the door open to the Animal's office when I'd left, and instinctively turned around to see if I'd get any look of sympathy or support from my boss, and if in fact the Animal had seen his partner touch my bottom. He had, and I saw the smirk on his face, almost like he was thinking, "Gosh, I wish I'd done that." Then, as the butt-smacker walked toward the Animal's office for his meeting, he yelled out, "Honey, those pants are too tight."
The angry feeling I had felt a moment earlier disappeared. All of the sudden, I thought, "Shit, it's my fault, my pants are too tight." I went from being the victim to the perpetrator in less than ten seconds.
I was no longer angry at the men who were treating me like a two bit hooker, I was mad at myself. I shouldn't have worn those cream colored slacks. How crazy of me to dress in fitting slacks with a nice blouse to work. I brought his behavior upon myself.
This was how they got you. Their manipulative tactics, so subtle, yet so effective.
Clearly, there were many other reasons to refrain from reporting the pervasive abuse that took place. However, when you work for the big boss, there is, one most likely feels, nowhere to turn. That was how I felt then. I know now how wrong I was.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Peter Guber of The Warriors Settle: Co-Owner Peter Guber settles Sexual Harassment lawsuit. For Guber, this isn't the first time an action is brought against him for Sexual Harassment
Variety, 1997 article
Peter Guber sued for sexual harassment
http://variety.com/1997/biz/news/guber-named-in-lawsuit-1116675738/
Warriors and its co-owners sued for sexual harassment
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-33483999.html
The athlete and his team owners are all implicated in fostering an environment in which the Plaintiff was sexually harassed. The team settles. The player plays, his owners play along, and they buy their way out of the mess they fostered. But does this system do anything to curb future "bad" behavior?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5v0YXEGH5c&feature=player_embedded
Here they are: the new owners of the team. Does the crowd know they just forked over an unknown amount of money to settle a lawsuit agains them for sexual harassment? Do they care? Probably not.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Rape Culture, Sports and their link to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/carl-gibson/patriarchy-dominates_b_2909551.html?utm_hp_ref=steubenville-rape
Our young athletes are glorified like our top executives. We encourage the behavior of entitlement in these promising varsity players. How will they end up behaving in the real world, after high school and college. We'll see in the following posts...
Our young athletes are glorified like our top executives. We encourage the behavior of entitlement in these promising varsity players. How will they end up behaving in the real world, after high school and college. We'll see in the following posts...
Another day, another harasser
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/03/hot-yoga-guru-faces-sexual-harassment-charges/
http://m.gawker.com/5992625/celebrity-yoga-guru-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-harassment-in-lawsuit-rocking-yoga-world
http://m.gawker.com/5992625/celebrity-yoga-guru-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-harassment-in-lawsuit-rocking-yoga-world
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