Sen. Gillibrand: I was sexually harassed by men in Congress (user search)
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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: September 03, 2014, 03:55:21 PM »

This is truly sickening.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2014, 04:05:17 AM »

So let me ask you guys this........by refusing to name names, does this discourage other women from reporting this kind of stuff?  I mean she's afraid to report some guy because he's powerful, obviously.  So does that tell other women if you're up against a powerful guy you have no chance of getting justice?

I thought the same thing at first, but you have to realize that the U.S. Senate is not the average American workplace. She's not complaining that she was harassed by a male superior, because technically the Senate is a place of equals. Likewise, there's no superior to go to, no HR department to file a complaint with, and nobody who can fire the offending senator. So I can see why she would think naming names in this circumstance would do more harm than good.

Yes, the voters can. Of course it's obvious that conservative voters in a deep-red States are perfectly fine with sexual harassment, but if there are Democratic culprits they might get primaried.
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