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It's a hard thing to define because everyone reacts differently. I think a lot of times (from circumstances I have witnessed) a lot of women tend to jump to the conclusion of sexual harassment or call it that, when in my opinion it is not. I think if something is said that makes someone uncomfortable they need to vocalize it and then the other person should obviously stop. Anything further after it is clear that one of the parties is uncomfortable would then be harassment. Then again, I would hate to downplay actual and obvious cases of sexual harassment which would most definitely be a horrible thing to have to experience. I agree that until you are comfortable with a coworker, you need to be careful what you say and do, regardless of whether it is sexual in nature. Personally, in most cases I want a majority of my coworkers to know as little as possible about what I do in my off time. Safer that way. Then again, I have a few coworkers that I can joke and laugh at things that others may deem inappropriate but that we find totally hilarious. There is, to me, some definite truth to that SNL skit. Say the guy who is supposed to be the "less attractive" man hitting on the woman is actually in her opinion MORE attractive to her? When you are attracted to someone (whether this is what society deems generally attractive or not) I would think you are more likely to be open to comments/compliments/etc when they are coming from someone you find attractive or are attractive to. Say the woman in the skit found the Tom Brady character unattractive, perhaps the reaction would be reversed. I dunno, I guess this is one of those things I think has a big ol grey area when it comes to defining what is and isn't. And I guess that's all I have to say about that... for now anyways haha.

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