For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant Nightmare

Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by scott_s on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:47AM (#11520830)

The very next paragraph:

"Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general."

This is what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission considers "sexual harassment". You may not like these definitions, but this is the government's definition of "sexual harassment".

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by oldmanjay on Monday April 18, 2016 @12:18PM (#11521057)

You can define anything to be anything when you're in the outrage porn business, but unrealistic descriptions meant to stoke emotion don't help to solve actual problems, they just make for more outrage porn.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by rosser on Monday April 18, 2016 @01:13PM (#11521480)

I'm, personally, strongly inclined to discount the opinions on bullying and harassment and the like offered by someone who uses the phrase "outrage porn" unironically.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by scott_s on Monday April 18, 2016 @12:56PM (#11521348)

You're implying that the US government is in the "outrage porn business".

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by qb45 on Monday April 18, 2016 @02:04PM (#11521898)

Not the gov but you.

The paragraph you quoted says "harassment doesn't have to be of sexual nature" and you are using it to support the claim that "sexual harassment doesn't have to be of sexual nature".

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by scott_s on Monday April 18, 2016 @02:08PM (#11521930)

And that paragraph is under the title "Sexual Harassment". It is clear to me that when they say "harassment", they mean "sexual harassment". Otherwise, the sentence would not be under that title. You're free to disagree, but your disagreement has no bearing on the laws we operate under. (Assuming you are in the US.)

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by qb45 on Monday April 18, 2016 @02:18PM (#11522016)

The exact paragraph you quoted from section on "sexual harassment" is copy-pasted from section on "sex-based discrimination". And it's not law, but some guidance/advice/faq/whatever.

You are overinterpreting this thing.

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Re:For Female Astronomers, Sexual Harassment Is a Constant N... by scott_s on Monday April 18, 2016 @03:03PM (#11522320)

I think I am interpreting this thing in a straight-forward manner. This is the part of the government responsible for ensuring equal employment opportunities telling the public that it does not limit "sexual harassment" to harassment of a sexual nature.

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