Phillipine Gov't Cracks Down on Harassment; Women Just As Guilty

	posted by Nightmist on Tuesday July 24, @09:18PM from the news/sexual-harassment dept.
	This story on Excite News describes a new Phillipine government policy which labels "offensive jokes" sent via e-mail or instant messaging ("texting," the article calls it) as sexual harassment. The interesting part of this story is at the end, though, where a female official is quoted admitting that there's a stereotype against men when it comes to sexual harassment. Arroyo added that she was glad the practice was no longer viewed in stereotypical terms as always involving an older male superior harassing female subordinates. "This is true in the vast majority of cases ... but it is also true that sexual harassment can and does occur with the traditional roles reversed or with the same gender involved." Personally, the number of ways in which someone may be considered a "harasser" scares me.

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It scares me too (Score:1) by Claire4Liberty on Wednesday July 25, @11:55AM EST (#1) (User #239 Info) I don't know about the Phillipines, but it seems to me that a lot of Americans have this idea that we have an inherent right to never be offended by anything. The definition of what constitutes harassment has been diluted beyond belief. It's gotten to the point where telecommuting isn't just convenient, but a necessity to keep yourself from being sued because you had a "South Park" character icon on your desktop and some moron found it offensive. Then again, this article is about "offensive" e-mails. Even telecommuters aren't safe. No one is safe!

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