Five Former SpaceX Employees Speak Out About Harassment at the Company
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Wait, what? How does a colleague just end up at your home? I'd love to see the message traffic that led up to this incident. I wouldn't be surprised if the other party interpreted it as severely mixed signals.
“Some of the men who work at SpaceX hug women without consent, stare at women while they work, and interpret every social encounter as an opportunity to date (or hit on) women in the office"
Is this really that surprising, in the #metoo era? The messaging that cold-approaching strangers = sexual harassment has been received, so Joe Average isn't hitting on women in the street anymore. How are the legions of thirsty lames, who aren't attractive enough to compete in the top-tier of men on Tinder/Bumble/Instagram, supposed to find companionship if not via approaching their coworkers?
All that said....I hope when my daughter reaches working age, she'll have the wherewithal to just throat-punch anyone dumb enough to grope her at work.
This is common sense social interaction, the state and society should be involved if someone is victimized, for example if the advances continue even after a clear and unambiguous rejection.
I think you misunderstood me. I was referring to this part.
> How are the legions of thirsty lames, who aren't attractive enough to compete in the top-tier of men on Tinder/Bumble/Instagram, supposed to find companionship
If you're not attractive and not getting dates, then maybe you need to open up your field so that you're giving yourself more options. I didn't say anything about punishment.
Though people absolutely not be hitting on others at work. There's a HUGE difference between hitting on people at work and on the street. People who are at work have nowhere to run. You can disappear from others when you're on the street.
People must have an escape. I even have options on social media if someone is stalking me. But if I can't get HR to deal with issues at work, then where do I turn? I guess the answer is that you get stories appearing in the media.
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Much of the massive judgments the industry wins against US corporations go into the coffers of law firms.
The “stare at women while they work“ complaint is interesting because it touches on neuro-diversity where certain autistic behavior patterns can be found to be offensive to some.
Harassment, regardless of the sensibilities of the victim, can only be defined in regard to clear actions that are irregular in human social interaction. Looking at someone in a public place is acceptable, following them around is not. Asking someone once to a date is usually acceptable, regardless how offended the recipient of the invitation might be (with the exception of existing power relations, subordinate, senior colleague etc.) Persisting after rejection is not.