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Have you ever done anything that would be considered sexual harassment?

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I have said and written things to coworkers that were very inappropriate. At the time I thought it was funny, or passed it off as a joke, but looking back I'm ashamed of my behavior.

One of the men I was inappropriate with spoke to a supervisor and I got a warning. I didn't recognize my behavior for what it was until that happened. I apologized. After that I examined previous behavior and realized that I had done something similar on a few other occasions.

As far as I know, I haven't physically assaulted anyone, but I'm guilty of verbal and gestures that were way off base.

KissedbySun 7 Dec 3
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Very brave share...examining one's behavior for the sake of improving or making the lives of others better is very selfless...

I know I have used humor to deflect from the many sexual harassment comments and actions I faced when I probably could have used other means...throwing back what you get is not always the right thing to do...I have physically punched people for assaulting me first...

I am now very hypersensitive to not "flirting" even casually at work because I know my co-workers aren't sure how to respond or if they will be slapped down for it...seems everyone is a lot more somber now due to awareness.

Just keep it out of the workplace...too many things can go wrong.

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Since these days saying hello to a woman seems to mean harassment....yes.

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Anyone who's ever watched the TV show The Office has probably heard someone at a workplace throw in the tagline from the show onto something else spoken innocently. The line was "That's what she said..."

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I would never want to run for public office or be a celebrity. There are things that at the time were considered pranks or fooling around that are now coming back to haunt people, which I was just as guilty of. Can’t change the past in anyway. We can only try to be better in the now and future.

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Funny question...grabbed a co workers dick after he touched my shoulder. does that count?

That counts

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Yea who wants to say that?

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[I hope it’s ok to say] Never. So I ended up being ‘the guy’ ‘the girls’ could trust … then how could I let them down ..even if I could? I was brought up to be a good boy, something I still find difficult to shake. Don’t know if it’s done me an ounce of good, but it’s done no harm.

Varn Level 8 Dec 3, 2018
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Yes, when I was young and foolish. Typical crowded bar scene, squeezing through the crowd if you get the drift. She made a comment I couldn't hear, but she should have punched me in the mouth. The problem being, if she did that, she has couldn't know if I might react violently to that, which really just shows how wrong I was to do that.

godef Level 7 Dec 3, 2018
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I pinched someone's butt as they walked by ... but he dared me...and he liked it !

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I was born, does that count? ?

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No, but on my first job I worked with a few women who did that to me, and some of them received warnings. Additionally, I had also worked with quite a few fellow men who got in trouble for saying certain things to female workers. I've never been able to figure out why some people choose to discuss personal issues/topics while on the job.

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Probably verbally, though I can't remember a specific incident. And maybe I pressed a girlfriend in High School a little too hard to have sex.

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In a meeting a female coworker started the question "How hard Tom", she then paused probably thinking of the phrasing for the rest of the sentence. I answered "Tom very hard when he need to be"

As they used to say on The Office, "That's what she said..."

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