I don't get it, I just don't get it. My friend's girl friend has been sexually harassed at work by an openly gay fellow employee. The girl friend dosen't want to " rock the boat" by turning in this person, my friend, the "boyfriend", has turned this fellow in, but the other female employees will not back up the complaint for fear of reprisal of management or fellow employees even though they are also being harassed by this person.. I don't get it I just don't get it.. I see it as a sad situation when you can not go to work and have a good day without this kind of stuff happening to you

My previous job there was a small case of sexual harassment at our workplace. Fortunately, our management handled it very professionally and the witnessing staff were happy to back-up the victim.

I guess it could be seen as a mutual problem between the co-workers and the management. If the co-workers are afraid of reprisal, then it is the management's fault for not making it blatantly clear that sexual harassment is wrong, and they have every intention to handle cases with care and respect.

Otherwise, you're right, people may be hesitant to get involved.

Is the management of the company very clear about their policies and commitment to its workers, or does it sort of operate under the "hear no evil, see no evil" mentality?

What do you mean by sexual harrassment? Serious or was it just meant to be amusing but didn't work out properly. Sometimes things get taken in the wrong way when no real offence was meant in the first place.

I agree with Angela. I had a friend who was telling ME a joke but a fellow worker, who was in earshot (neither myself nor my friend knowing) wanted to report him. My friend is not a loud talker so you have to wonder how "someone" could here him two cubicles away. There was no case made out of it. But it does tend to make me go "Hmmm...?" about other people around me.

I agree with Josh and Angela. There certainly are legitimate cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, but I think people have become so preoccupied with being so "politically correct" these days, and overly sensitive to body language or a "off" color joke. This oversensitivity extends to many areas, prayer in school, or the generic "Seasons Greetings" over the holidays. As a society, we are becoming LESS tolerant of differences, instead of more tolerant. We have an openly gay social worker in my work place. He began "flirting" with another male he thought might be gay, and it turned into this big to do, complete with and order of protection - knowing both of these men, I don't believe either meant any harm. One was "putting out feelers" that any single person might do, the other was trying to "save face" lest people thought he was gay. It just turned into everyone else becoming uncomfortable around the both of them. Anyhow, if your friend is truly being sexually harrassed, then something should be done about it. Hell, I can remember a time when sexual harrassment was a job perk! LOL I'm half serious. No one should be put into a situation that makes them uncomfortable or makes them dread going to work - so I sincerely hope that situation can be rectified - but I do hope that as a whole, we can all "lighten up" a bit, and become more comfortable and tolerant of our differences.