The XX Factor : sexual harassment

Keep Your Hands Off My ... Paycheck

E.J. Graff — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Jessica , Bonnie , the question about how to respond to sexual harassment is complicated; it depends on what you're trying to do. Laurie is right that companies' internal sexual harassment investigations — and the lawsuits that occasionally follow — can...(read more)

"Fixing the System From Within Can Be Over-rated"

Jessica Grose — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Laurie Ruettimann, the author of the original Lemondrop post about sexual harassment in the workplace that Bonnie commented on yesterday , has responded to her in the Fray: Thanks for the link to the article on Lemondrop. I'm not advocating that women...(read more)

Is That a Pubic Hair on My Coke Can?

Bonnie Goldstein — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:18:00 GMT

As if the employment market isn't difficult enough, a human resources expert over at lemondrop.com on AOL argues that victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, should simply quit. "Trying to change the system from within has failed American women...(read more)

Is Your Daughter Safe At Work? Watch PBS on Friday To Find Out.

E.J. Graff — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:34:00 GMT

Did you know that teens are more likely to face a sexual predator on the job than on the Internet (a "danger" that's been exposed as mostly hype)? This Friday, Feb. 20, at 8:30 p.m., PBS's public-affairs show NOW will broadcast a collaboration with the...(read more)

Why, Exactly, Is Sexual Harassment—er, Sexual Terrorism—OK?

E.J. Graff — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:16:00 GMT

Hey Susannah , sorry not to have replied earlier; I was away. I realize I'm dragging this conversation forward over a long time—lots has been said in the meantime, about other subjects—but I don't feel right letting it go. To your point: I am sorry you...(read more)

Who's Sexually Harassing Whom?

Susannah Breslin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:57:00 GMT

Well, E.J. , having spent several years of my adult life working as a waitress, I take issue with your post. Over a two-year period, I worked at two restaurants. For most of that time, I worked at one of the most high-end restaurants in town. Sexual harassment?...(read more)

Waitress Loses Job Because She Was Sexually Assaulted. Ho-Hum, Another Day of Working While Female!

E.J. Graff — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:32:00 GMT

While we wonder whether our sensitivity to sexist press coverage of elite women candidates is a good or bad sign—thanks and welcome to XX Factor, Eve —ordinary working women out there are still losing their jobs because some guy thinks their breasts double...(read more)