Posted on 11/04/2011 10:30:36 AM PDT by Raebie
Just annnouced on FOX News
You’re for the current sanitized, boring, and humorless office rules where our female office secretary can no longer crack an off color joke, send a non pc email, or make a double entrendre lest someone sue her??? That explains a bit.
Seriously, your case appears to be quite genuine but IMHO the allegations, even if true, in the Cain case are quite different. They smack of a witch-hunt.
Initially the reports on Paula Jones made it sound like she liked the attention from Clinton--she was quoted as saying that she wanted to be his regular girl friend (or words to that effect). It later turned out that that quote was made up by someone seeking to destroy her credibility.
Ambulance chaser on CNN now...
Saying “I don’t recall” constantly in response to questions.
NRA will waive confidentiality agreement.
More over I ma not sure the relevance of the effort to tarnish Mr. Cain because the attacks will come until he is beaten. No matter to me, as he hasn't garnered my support yet.
The “outing” of the Cain complaints smack of a witch hunt, I agree. But I don’t see how the complaints being made way back in 1999 equate to the woman who made them are going after Cain now. It’s Politico, and whomever tipped them off.
As to the sanitized office crack :), I’ve worked in situations that were very bad - and some where a few men were HOUNDED by women. Funny thing (well, maybe not so funny) is that the men often hated that crap as much as most women. They were rarely the target of the lovely women, and usually the target of the strange, creepy, stalking, OWS types. LOL, sometimes the boring can be more conducive to focusing on work.
Do you know how damn creepy it is when a guy waits around outside of the ladies restroom to “escort” you back to your desk? Ewww.
Ah....but that's how witch-hunts work. One person accusses someone because it makes them uncomfortable, another accusses someone else, etc. and the cycle takes on a life of its own. The folks at Massachusetts Bay had to stop for the first witchhunts for that reason.
The 1990s was just an era in many workplaces. The fact that is revived does not mean that it wasn't also true in the 1990s. It was true for thousands of ordinary people.
BTW, don't you think the person bringing the orginal complaint, and then repeating it weeks ago to Politico in veiled form, has some obligation to back up, or at least specify, her claims when a man's career is on the line? Instead, she is not only refusing to do so but then leaving with a couple of veiled parting shots. What are we to make of such a person?
Ah....but that's how witch-hunts work. One person accusses someone because it makes them uncomfortable, another accusses someone else, etc. and the cycle takes on a life of its own. The folks at Massachusetts Bay had to stop for the first witchhunts for that reason.
The 1990s was just such an era in many workplaces. It was true for thousands of ordinary people. The fact that the orginal witch-hunt against Cain can be revived now in another form does not mean that it wasn't also true in the 1990s.
BTW, don't you think the person bringing the orginal complaint, and then repeating it weeks ago to Politico in veiled form, has some obligation to back up, or at least specify, her claims when a man's career is on the line? Instead, she is not only refusing to do so but then leaving with a couple of veiled parting shots. What are we to make of such a person?
Cain can ask the NRA to release the info. It doesn’t mean they would agree, but he could ask.
Why hasn’t he? Why did he first imply that he was party to the SIGNED non-disclosures, and yesterday on Hannity he said that he never signed one. He left the NRS right when these things were happening.
I wish he had given a single forthright answer right from the start. That’s all. He has known about this, had to know it would come out sooner or later. Where was his plan?
Now now dear, no need to stop acting like a lady. You do act like a lady now and then don’t you?
Stay home. You’re too “sennnnnsiiiitiiive” to be out here wiht the botys.
I’d say your particular problem is with women in general.
You should seek anger management for your bitterness issues.
Of course I do dear. I disagree with you and don’t buy into your whining victim B.S. Obviously I have something wrong with me.:-)
Wome: Just like men except you have to take away reason and accountability.
The non-disclosure also benefits the person making the complaint. I can assure you that many companies will hesitate if not flat refuse to hire a person making a sexual harassment complaint in a previous job simply because the potential employer has no way of knowing whether the complaint is legitimate or if the woman is a troublemaker. Why hire a potential problem?
I can also tell you both as a legal assistant that spent 17 years in the field and as an adult woman who went back to college for a degree and moved into a male-dominated field that 99.9% per all "sexual harassment" complaints are made (sadly) by women gaming the system. Working in two male dominated fields I dealt with a number of "offers" without ever having to resort to either HR or physical violence. I also learned how to read a man's actions and respond accordingly to keep our relationship at the proper temperature.
Truthfully, I think it's pretty sad that young ladies are not educated to understand the power of their femininity. It seems to me that they are taught to regard the males in a hostile manner. For the most part, if you appeal to a man's finer qualities, he will respond in a positive way (not always, but mostly).
I agree that secrecy is an advantage to the complainant as well, pretty much the advantage you describe. Generally speaking, sexual harassment complaints are confidential. But the secrecy agreement at issue here is a contract, payment is conditioned on the complainant dropping recourse to the courts, and on complainant maintaining some (but I doubt total) secrecy.
A settlement NDA doesn't make the complaint secret, and it can only bind the parties to the agreement. If the case is filed in a public court, the fact that there was a compliant is not secret.
From a past life, I understand that asking an interviewee questions about age and family status is off limits - I wonder if the same is true about asking about harassment claims.
So, since you hate women, I suggest you trouble yourself to trot along.
Perhaps you only post on here for a nice safe place to insult women, a place where you can get away with venting your bitterness and frustration.
What went so wrong in your life that you have sunk to this level? Why do you feel, “Wome: Just like men except you have to take away reason and accountability.” ?
Care to share your poor, sad, story with us all? Perhaps we can help you find resolution and freedom from your bitterness and emptiness.
Come, tell all of us your troubles, maybe together we can discover a solution for you. Free your mind, brother!
Yes, if a man disagrees with you then they must hate women!
So logical!
Keep talking sweet stuff you’re killin’ us! :-)
Thanks Raebie.
Perhaps you would be able to talk sense into the marauders.
Cheers!
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