I (Katy) think that women today have a tendency to - shall we say - abuse their rights. What I mean is, some women seem to interperet every gesture - workplace related or otherwise - as being sexual harrassment. If a man makes a comment about me looking good one day, I take it as what it is - a compliment. And if someone happens to brush up against me somewhere, I'm not going to take them to court because of it. I'm not saying that most of these cases are not completely legitimate; what I am saying is that I'm positive some of them aren't. And I'm not saying that it's just women who make these claims, but the majority of the time it seems to be. This bothers me because it destroys the credibility of other women when they have a real reason to be complaining. It also bothers me because it seems to give me the message that women are getting meeker and meeker, and we can't stand up for ourselves - we need the police or a judge to do it. But don't get me wrong, I don't think we should have to put up with bullshit from men, either, and I do think that if you are actually sexually harrassed you should take action. But (I hope I don't offend anyone, but if I do - oh well) I really don't think if a guy slaps your ass that's a reason to take him to court. -Katy, Feb. 18/00... I agree that taking someone to court for slapping someone's ass (even though I've personally never even heard of that happening) might be a little extreme in SOME circumstances, like if the two people were friends, but I think it's perfectly alright to take action if someone makes unwanted sexual advances on you, ESPECIALLY in the workplace, because that's somewhere you HAVE to be, and you shouldn't have to put up with that kind of stuff. I mean, the workplace is NOT a place where it's okay for that to be happening... and I think the reason that some women may be a little, uh, uptight about that stuff is because in the past women had been degraded in many ways and been given the idea that they were nothing more than sexual objects; and they didn't have the power to say "This is not okay with me.", and now they do. I don't even particularly notice all that many lawsuits about sexual harrassment, but that's beside the point, I guess... -Delia, Feb. 21 ...
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