“That he continually “joked” about molesting little boys says something about him.”
No argument. But I almost got fired for violating a company policy that had not yet been published. It was for sexual harassment which allegedly took place at a roast I gave for an employee who was leaving. I had it reviewed ahead of time by two senior employees and the lady in question threw herself into my arms and kissed me when I was done. Everybody, including her, had a terrific time. They even asked her if she was harassed and she said no. But the policy said that if an uninvolved third party overhead something and they thought it was harassment, or could be considered harassment by some arbitrary fourth party, by definition, it was. What saved me is I was being “prosecuted” (their word) by a “secret triumvirate of HR ethics professionals” and the HR manager was not involved. I was not allowed a defense or to face my accuser. It was all secret and I was informed of the results afterwards. The uninvolved HR manager got into a snit with the newly formed “ethics” board and turns out only he could dismiss an employee. (Especially one who had a perfect record and who regularly brought in business.)
The point is, society has gotten hysterically politically correct. Lots of people are being permanently damaged, and, like the witch trials, anybody can be next in the barrel.
But the policy said that if an uninvolved third party overhead something and they thought it was harassment, or could be considered harassment by some arbitrary fourth party, by definition, it was.
I lost two good electricians that way at a construction site in 2000. The offense: The man said to the woman “Nice T-Shirt”. The woman’s T-shirt had a Texas A&M logo, and the man’s children went to Texas A&M. Both the man and woman worked together terminating wiring in the many junction boxes at the plant. Another woman walked by, heard the comment, and reported it. The man was fired, in spite of his co-worker vociferously saying there was no harassment. She quit the following week.
So showing Aggie pride is sexual harassment in the workplace.
That’s why when women are in the workplace I become a drone.