HARASSMENT

Men, What Do YOU Do When You Are Harassed at Work?

A male pal confided a situation that left me bewildered, Questioning my “male only” notions.

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A few weeks ago, I was confided in by a close male friend, a guy who knows I am a straight shooter, that woman who tells it like it is, who has dealt with a ton of bullshit in the workplace.

I have had the stupidest, most pointless crap happen to me in my many jobs held over my working life.

Almost 50 years old, I have worked across several industries, from healthcare to restaurants to the bar scene to grocery store management to civilian work on military bases.

I feel like I have dealt with harassment in all forms.

I know many women who can empathize with this kind of shit — have lived it themselves.

Situations of total assholery and just plain antagonistic monkey-on-your-back behavior one deals with because of:

• the golden handcuffs, or;
• the working hours being a perfect fit for one’s family, or;
• the actual work being satisfying and perfectly suited for once, or;
• any similar, layered in complexity, reasons — all somehow intertwined with…