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- From: bhv@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (Bronis Vidugiris)
- Subject: Re: Thoughts on Sexual Harassment
- Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:54:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.195542.9355@leland.Stanford.EDU> farthing@leland.Stanford.EDU (ljf) writes:
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- )BTW, I watched a PBS "workshop" a couple of months ago where a lawyer
- )stated that any unwanted touching by anyone can be considered sexual
- )harassment. In other words, a hetero woman can put her hand on the
- )shoulder of another hetero woman and if the touchee doesn't like it,
- )asks that it not be done, yet it continues, it is sexual harassment.
- )The fact that the toucher doesn't have a sexual interest in the
- )touchee doesn't appear to matter.
- )
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- I think this is a good example of the problem with the current definition
- of 'sexual harassment'. To be blunt, 'sexual harassment' is not really
- the best choice of term to describe generic unwanted touching - IMO.
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- Do we really need a federal law to prohibit all touching in the workplace?
- In the schools?
-
- In addition, if you believe Industry Week (Nov 18, 1991) looking at someone
- in a way they don't like can be considered to be 'sexual harassment'. No
- touching needed. I rather hope that they are being alarmist here, but I have
- an unfortunate feeling that perhaps they are not.
-
- I'm just waiting for the first 'but he was *looking* at me' case to come
- up in school.
-
- Maybe it will wake people up, I dunno.
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