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Glory's Sun · 12-04-2008, 12:19 PM

While I haven't seen any sexual harassment charges filed, the patients could easily bring about a sexual harassment suit towards the hospital.

Here's just a few notes to help clairfy why the girls were charged legally

* The victim as well as the harasser may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex.
* The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or a non-employee.
* The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
* Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim.
* The harasser's conduct must be unwelcome.

Sexual Harassment types

One-of-the-Gang Often motivated by bravado or competition, or because the harasser(s) think it is funny (AAUW 2006), One-of-the-gang harassment occurs when groups of men or women embarrass others with lewd comments, physical evaluations, or other unwanted sexual attention. Harassers may act individually in order to belong or impress the others, or groups may gang up on a particular target

Bully In this case, sexual harassment is used to punish the victim for some transgression, such as rejection of the harasser's interest or advances, or making the harasser feel insecure about himself or herself or his or her abilities. The bully uses sexual harassment to put the victim in his or her "proper place.

just by these facts alone it's easy to see why these girls were charged.

There is no reason to take the stance you are taking SF, unless you just see it from your view point only and that you wouldn't mind it happening to you. Just because females are stereotypically the "gentler" species does not exempt them from bad behavior.

If the roles were reversed and a male had done these things to women, the uproar would have been tremendous.. why should we cater to some notion of a double standard? Women deserve better than that, even if it means they get in trouble.. because equal means equal on all levels.. not just the non-criminal levels.

12-04-2008, 12:19 PM	#55 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	While I haven't seen any sexual harassment charges filed, the patients could easily bring about a sexual harassment suit towards the hospital. Here's just a few notes to help clairfy why the girls were charged legally * The victim as well as the harasser may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex. * The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or a non-employee. * The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct. * Unlawful sexual harassment may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim. * The harasser's conduct must be unwelcome. Sexual Harassment types One-of-the-Gang Often motivated by bravado or competition, or because the harasser(s) think it is funny (AAUW 2006), One-of-the-gang harassment occurs when groups of men or women embarrass others with lewd comments, physical evaluations, or other unwanted sexual attention. Harassers may act individually in order to belong or impress the others, or groups may gang up on a particular target Bully In this case, sexual harassment is used to punish the victim for some transgression, such as rejection of the harasser's interest or advances, or making the harasser feel insecure about himself or herself or his or her abilities. The bully uses sexual harassment to put the victim in his or her "proper place. just by these facts alone it's easy to see why these girls were charged. There is no reason to take the stance you are taking SF, unless you just see it from your view point only and that you wouldn't mind it happening to you. Just because females are stereotypically the "gentler" species does not exempt them from bad behavior. If the roles were reversed and a male had done these things to women, the uproar would have been tremendous.. why should we cater to some notion of a double standard? Women deserve better than that, even if it means they get in trouble.. because equal means equal on all levels.. not just the non-criminal levels.