Re:What I learnt from being sexually harassed at Google
by y04nn on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:05AM
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Yes, she may have not been confronted to such situation. She was new to grown up world. But such things happen generally during your education. And he may have misinterpreted her behavior.
Re:What I learnt from being sexually harassed at Google
by fsloth on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:18AM
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Not an expert on the issue but I imagine if the approached party feels sullied it's a strong case of sexual harassment.
I'm not familiar with sexual predators but I presume the day-day activities are the same as any bullies that succeed in long careers - the offending behavior is subtle and low key, but continuous.
In civil society, the expected standard is not that everyone is socially and martially capable and with a razor sharp wit. Unexpected things like these generally make people flustered and confused. If a person has not faced a situation like this before, it can be very hard to come by with a proper response.
The situation is similar to being mugged, or tricked out of money. In general, the common fraud techniques work because people are not overly concerned becoming conned, and the approaches are such they work the first time because they play on the automatic responses peoples have to a situation.
Only after the fact becoming mugged people generally go through a behavioural analysis of how to recognize bad situations and how to get away from them.
In a sexual harassment situation, the initial slow response may be interpreted as a positive sign (and may erode the confidence of the assaulted party).