FLIRTING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Some of the signs of flirting and sexual harassment are common like telling off color jokes, touching, commenting on physical attributes or dress, saying like looking beautiful, looking smart and granting favors.
How come that in some cases they are seen as flirting and in other cases as sexual harassment? I think it has more to do with the person involved. Rich, powerful and influential people more often than not show such signs and get away with a simple and fashionable tag of flirt. Just watch the fashion shows or beauty contests and you will quickly be on the same wave length with me.
Forget them too. She how the big boss in office gets away showing all these signs but the poor colleague gets hauled up for sexual harassment. Most of us have worked with female colleagues in office or work place and have experienced the ‘coyness’ of some females while being flirted by bosses and the ‘off limit’ attitudes for others.
Empowered women now are in a position to report sexual harassment cases. The trend had started even when we were in office. Not that all reported cases were true but precaution was better than cure. It was not prudent to call any female employee in your chamber while you are alone. Keeping the doors was a must. Wooden cabins gave way to glass panels and open halls. All this has become a norm now.
Do you think flirting/sexual harassment has increased or that it was always there but rarely reported in a male dominated world for fear of reprisal?
Sexual harassment has been defined widely and differ from country to country but in my opinion flirting is yet to be defined so that one could distinguish between the two.
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