I was accused of sexual harassment once by a nasty woman who found out I was about to initiate disciplinary proceedings against her for poor work performance. It was complete B.S. but as a man I was, of course, guilty until proven innocent. I used the company’s grievance process and eventually prevailed and had my record expunged. It took 15 months. Never, NEVER give in if you are innocent and believe in yourself because its hard to stop a man when he knows he’s right and keeps on coming.
That’s the problem with Fox — they caved in to Carlson almost immediately and gave her something in the neighborhood of $25M. That opened the flood gates to cash in for all the other teleprompter-reading bimbos whose contracts were not renewed or who didn’t get the show or job they wanted.
Glad to see it happened to someone else. Twenty years ago, I had a woman tell me “I’m going to get you, and it’s going to be bad.” I had complained about her coming and going as she pleased. Next thing I know, all my fellow employees were being interviewed about my conduct without my knowledge. It is indeed the scarlet letter.
She charged me with kissing her on the cheek the previous Christmas when she gave me a gift. I had done it. She had been fighting with me for awhile, and I wrote and kept very good notes that ultimately saved me. I was found innocent at the first level of investigation. I left the job and changed careers twelve years short of my pension. I did it to save my health. I’m still paying for it.
Men have no recourse when attacked this way. It’s a horrible system and we are the prey. They can accuse you of anything at any time. It used to be safe to comment on a woman’s hair. Don’t even do that. Nothing is safe when dealing with women in the workplace.