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To: SeekAndFind
Anti harassment laws are used to harass.
Anti discrimination laws are used to discriminate.
That happens a lot with laws that the libs are making.

As I remember it, sexual harassment laws came into effect to protect women from having to sleep with the boss to get a raise or a promotion.
How did it become a catch-all gotcha for any little offense, real or imagined?
A misplaced word or gesture can get a guy fired on someones say-so.
Laws have to be clear. This one needs a do-over or get scrapped.

2 posted on 11/03/2011 5:38:39 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: BitWielder1

A very popular meme floating around in the 90’s was that if a woman felt sexually harassed, then she was, by definition, sexually harassed, regardless of the intent of the alleged harasser. The idea was that he should have been sensitive enough to know.

It is like putting the teeth of law behind the phrase, “if you loved me, I shouldn’t have to tell you what’s wrong”.

And putting such legal power behind the notoriously emotional is asking for serious trouble.


7 posted on 11/03/2011 5:56:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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