General Discussion

MineralMan, I always appreciate your perspective and agree with you on many things, but this is wrong.

One of the worst sexual harassment situations I have endured was when I was in college. I had a part-time job where my boss kept pestering me to "have lunch." Seems harmless enough, right? He was my boss. When I said no, he would demand an explanation. Other guys on the job pestered me to go out with him. What I thought would be a good stepping stone for my career turned out to be a soul crushing, demeaning, and demoralizing experience. At that young age, I didn't realize I should just quit. I needed the money and thought a bad recommendation would haunt my career.
I started dressing slovenly and developed an eating disorder. My body knew something was terribly wrong, but I didn't know where to turn for help. The day I was hired by my boss' boss, he had told me,"I have taken sexual harassment training, so I will be doing any sexual harassing." Har, har, har.
The day that Anita Hill testified to congress, I walked home weeping. I could finally name the situation. Sexual harassment is more often done with words than with actions. I needed Professor Hill to teach me that and it is a lesson I have never forgotten.

On NPR, I heard part of Gov. Cuomo's apology/excuse. He said something about meaning those things as jokes. Yeah, right. If only women would develop a sense of humor. Cuomo is smarter than that. He knew what he was doing and it was wrong. His day is done.