Re: Torchwood--So do they not have ***ual harrassment laws across the pond?

Thanatos wrote:
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> In article <4815F75D.6E59@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Beowulf Bolt <abd.al-hazred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Thanatos wrote:
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> > > In article <4810C297.7F0B@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >  Beowulf Bolt <abd.al-hazred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > > Anim8rFSK wrote:
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> > > > > In article <3dPPj.5847$Ux4.530@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > >  peachy a****e passion <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > > > > The question is, should anyone ever have to put up with a
> > > > > > horrific situation at their place of employment?
> > > > >
> > > > > Which false harassment claims cause as well.
> > > >
> > > > And the day that false harrassment claims occur within
> > > > an order of magnitude of frequency from valid harrassment
> > > > claims, that might actually be valid.
> > >
> > > How do you know they don't?
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> >   I follow the news.
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> How do you know all (or even most) false harassment claims make the 
> news?

 I don't expect that they do.  

 Then again, I expect that valid harassment claims are even *more*
underre****ted.  

 There's more reasons to ignore harassment (starting with not wanting to
expose ones humiliation to the public and/or lose one's job) than there
is to not offer "she's lying" as a defense to a harassment claim that's
already dragging your reputation and that of the company into the
dumpster.  Instead you predominantly hear lame excuses about "*****
can't take a joke" or "that's life" or "we tease the dudes too".

  Again I point out that your argument applies equally well against
criminalizing rape.  Are you willing to make the same arguments there -
ie that rape is overstated and false rape claims are merely
underre****ted?  If not, what is the difference?

  Biff


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