Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment

Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by fjfkdjfjfjd on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:11AM (#14675987)

This is a little off-topic so mods, please flag/move as needed. (Wasn't sure if I should make this an Ask HN or not).

I feel I may be a victim of a false accusation of sexual harassment. I am really not sure how to proceed at this point. I have not put up a fight for fear that I could loose my job (which may already be in the works at this point). Management has not used the term "sexual harassment", only the verbiage that "I have made a female employee feel uncomfortable".

As I am currently in a temporary internship position due to end in a few months, I am not so concerned about this job, but this experience has made me very concerned about being falsely accused in the future of sexual harassment or rape. Should I just avoid all interaction with women at work completely? How would I do this with a female boss? (refusing to meet with her in private?)

Any advice is welcome.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by ezequiel-garzon on Saturday July 01, 2017 @05:48AM (#14676303)

Do you know what comments made that woman uncomfortable? If not, have you asked management? Maybe it's not a false accusation at all (in fact they don't use the term sexual harassment, which is important), but a valuable lesson for your future, and for you in general.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by fjfkdjfjfjd on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:53AM (#14676149)

I posted this to Ask HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=14676115

Feel free to comment there. Sorry for the not-so-related spam on this original post.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by peteretep on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:22AM (#14676022)

Take legal advice, not HN advice.

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Re:Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe... by fjfkdjfjfjd on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:51AM (#14676141)

Good idea! Thank you! Being this is an internship ending in a few months, I feel it might not be worth it, but definitely in the future, when a permanent position or clean criminal history may be at stake, I think a legal consultation would be appropriate. I just wonder, is there anything I can do to reduce such risk other than just being extremely cautious when speaking to women?

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