Another one fired - Garrison Keillor

[CinderDuffy]

It's precisely because of lunkheads like that who will force companies to crack down really hard with policies on inter office romance -- if they claim they cannot understand simple common sense, it will be spelled out in excruciating detail, tome upon tome of it.

I read a helpful guide for men with no common sense.

The gist of it was, "never say or do anything to a woman that you would not say or do to The Rock."

Edit - found it: https://medium.com/@annevictoriacla...-be-accused-of-sexual-harassment-73c45e0b49af

Hope this helps anyone who says something like "but I can't even SMILE at women now!!!"

 

[cabanafrau]

I read a helpful guide for men with no common sense.

The gist of it was, "never say or do anything to a woman that you would not say or do to The Rock."

That covers a lot of it, but let's not forget to give women the same advice. It may be less prevalent because women frequently have less power in professional situations, however it does happen. May as well sweep the whole sidewalk while we're at it.

 

[DopeyDame]

I read a helpful guide for men with no common sense.

The gist of it was, "never say or do anything to a woman that you would not say or do to The Rock."

Edit - found it: https://medium.com/@annevictoriacla...-be-accused-of-sexual-harassment-73c45e0b49af

Hope this helps anyone who says something like "but I can't even SMILE at women now!!!"

That is fantastic. Funny and true!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Love, Love, Love this!

I will take your triple love and raise you another TRIPLE. LOL

Yesterday was the happiest day of my life. Matt Lauer was FIRED. Ding dong the witch is dead. Too little, too late for the Today Show. They ruined it.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I wonder what's going to happen when it comes out that someone lied and ruined someone's life. There is too many for ALL of them to be telling the truth. One will ruin it for the rest of the ones who are legit telling the truth.

This is only the tip of the iceburg when it comes to there finally being a reckoning about sexual harassment in the workplace. There aren't "too many for all of them to be telling the truth." Not by a long shot.

 

[bcla]

This is only the tip of the iceburg when it comes to there finally being a reckoning about sexual harassment in the workplace. There aren't "too many for all of them to be telling the truth." Not by a long shot.

It's no big secret that this stuff has been going on. I haven't personally seen it, but I've never really been in a position where I'd be privy to it. I have been in situations where I've seen a few things that made me uncomfortable and could theoretically get the person doing it in trouble, but reporting it could result in reprisals.

And there lies the rub. Who really wants to risk losing a job if there's a chance of reprisals?

 

[luvsJack]

I met my husband at work too. I also work with several married couples as co-workers. Sexual harassment has *nothing* to do with consensual relationships between adults.
Was your first interaction with your now-wife to just walk up and grab her butt? Or to walk around with your robe open and nothing underneath? Or to inconspicuously lock her into your office? No? OK, then I wouldn't worry about it.

Not all harassment cases are that obvious either.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I love Tales from Lake Woebgone and the rest of Prarie Home Companion---but I also know that Keillor's persona on the show is jsut that, a carefully crafted persona--not his true perosnality.

 

[LSUmiss]

I love Tales from Lake Woebgone and the rest of Prarie Home Companion---but I also know that Keillor's persona on the show is jsut that, a carefully crafted persona--not his true perosnality.

I think this a great point! So many ppl obsessed about celebrities’ lives & are surprised when it comes out that they’re not good ppl. But that’s just it, we don’t KNOW any of those ppl so it shouldn’t be a shock any more than it would be to find out that any other stranger has engaged in bad behavior.

 

[DopeyDame]

That covers a lot of it, but let's not forget to give women the same advice. It may be less prevalent because women frequently have less power in professional situations, however it does happen. May as well sweep the whole sidewalk while we're at it.

We can make a "Gal Gadot" rule for the women.

 

[Jennasis]

We can make a "Gal Gadot" rule for the women.

No. Not Gal Gadot. If you're going to make it a real person, then make it the Rhonda Rousey rule or The Gina Carrano rule.

 

[ronandannette]

It was the ribald jokes and double entendres that won me over LOL. BUT as you point out, the difference is that I was a willing participant with him. There were several guys who tried the same where I was not a willing participant. One even offered to pay me for sex. I suppose had I ever felt unsafe or uncomfortable I would have reported the guys. Oddly...this was the same industry as Matt Lauer. Tv news. The cameramen (of which I was one...and one of only 2 women out of dozens of dudes) were very much a Boys Club and it was non stop locker room talk. The company is VERY lucky it didn't bother me. The things that I heard and saw were crazy.

I think in that type of environment it is easy for the garden variety jerks to take liberties and the true miscreants to become predators. And difficult for women (for arguement's sake) to set firm boundaries when it's "just all in good fun". I work in construction - a similarly male-dominated industry and have for the past 30 years. I can honestly say though, that nowhere I ever worked was as bad as you describe. The place I work now wouldn't tolerate it from either men or women, regardless of how complicit they were with one another because it just doesn't fit the company culture

 

[punkin]

No. Not Gal Gadot. If you're going to make it a real person, then make it the Rhonda Rousey rule or The Gina Carrano rule.

I may be showing my age, but I nominate Grace Jones. Lol.