SAVE: Bogus Sex Harassment Claims on the Upswing, Says Victim Rights Group

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2011-11-02 02:07

Press release here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following recent publication of sexual harassment claims against presidential candidate Herman Cain, a leading victim-rights organization is deploring the use of such accusations as a political maneuver. Resurrected in the middle of a closely fought political campaign, such allegations rob true victims of their credibility and trivialize the problem, according to Stop Abusive and Violent Environments.

This past Sunday, Politico published an article that recounted charges by two unnamed women of alleged "inappropriate behavior" by Herman Cain when he was the president of the National Restaurant Association. The Politico essay describes the behavior as "conversations allegedly filled with innuendo or personal questions of a sexually suggestive nature" and "physical gestures that were not overtly sexual."

False allegations of sexual misconduct have been leveled against candidates of both political parties, including former Vice President Al Gore and Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown.'

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We all know what sexual harassment is.

If the homely guy in accounting makes a pass at you, it's sexual harassment.

If the Brad Pitt-clone in programming makes a pass at you, it's not.

I wonder about the motivation of these women. Are they upset because he made them "uncomfortable" or because he never did anything overtly sexual? Or were they just digging for gold?

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2011-11-02 13:23