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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your husband is unaware of how this situation is viewed by women and he is really tone-deaf to how hostile work environments are created.

He sees the group fun discussion as one in which everyone was participating and everyone was laughing and amused.  However in most of these situations there are "frozen" participants who are not amused who feel they have to go along for the ride and there are also bystanders who are usually quite offended and who gossip afterward or who report the event up the chain.  So, essentially, we have your DH who feels there was a good time had by all, and is clueless to the fact that others were offended or shocked by the original discussion.

Then your DH continues the talk of nude photos, interjecting it into a HIRING conversation.  At that point he's really dead to rights.  I mean, this is downright scary.  He needs and deserves to be (1) left out of any hiring decision at this company (2) educated on the fact that if this candidate is not hired, he's a walking lawsuit (3) his idea of a joke is not shared and not funny.

Yes, he probably just talked without thinking.  But he really can't do that.  He can't decide that the workplace is his frat house.  And the rest of his coworkers need education too.  This "bull pen" atmosphere is obviously not conducive to work.

Employment lawyer.[/quote]

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