Going into this article I was appreciative that a writer of Jennifer's caliber was addressing a significant, less than pleasant and distinctly unpopular facet of the ongoing harassment issue - and by ongoing I mean hundreds of years: Honest, considerate and well mannered males have to endure the climate created by their boorish co-workers, which is fostered in the women's experience that the rest of us wish to share in trust and good standing. We don't notice the good drivers on the road, and they don't make titillating press. Harassment is real, the palpable fear and anger it creates is real, and well-behaved men have to navigate through it to effect a good work climate, let alone before broaching any personal conversation. We walk on eggshells. We can't, nor should, complain about it. It takes careful consideration, always. It is a form of surrendering, and we acknowledge it as the work we do. Jennifer's article was not about that, but sadly plucking the safe, low hanging fruit of bashing horrible behavior and not really supporting the majority of men who actually hold the line.
Re: “A Men's Guide to Surviving a Sexual Harassment Witch Hunt”
Going into this article I was appreciative that a writer of Jennifer's caliber was addressing a significant, less than pleasant and distinctly unpopular facet of the ongoing harassment issue - and by ongoing I mean hundreds of years: Honest, considerate and well mannered males have to endure the climate created by their boorish co-workers, which is fostered in the women's experience that the rest of us wish to share in trust and good standing. We don't notice the good drivers on the road, and they don't make titillating press. Harassment is real, the palpable fear and anger it creates is real, and well-behaved men have to navigate through it to effect a good work climate, let alone before broaching any personal conversation. We walk on eggshells. We can't, nor should, complain about it. It takes careful consideration, always. It is a form of surrendering, and we acknowledge it as the work we do. Jennifer's article was not about that, but sadly plucking the safe, low hanging fruit of bashing horrible behavior and not really supporting the majority of men who actually hold the line.