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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. Apparently no one here has ever worked in advertising and everyone here has a stick up his/her ass. I agree you husband was a fool for getting stuck in the situation, but it doesn't really sound like a big deal to me based on the situation. [/quote]

What, you think that last bastion of good old boy 1950's locker room activity needs to be protected?  Sorry, but you need to grow up and realize that the world is a different place than it was 50 years ago and that type of behavior is no longer appropriate.

Maybe all it will take is firing some of the older white males who just can't seem to realize that they can't sit on white privilege and make everyone else take it.  It would be a good start.[/quote]

For the record, I'm female. And I think [b]there's a line between harassment and having fun with your friends. Obviously somehow he crossed her lines without knowing it and I guess that's wrong, but where's the line between joking with friends and being careful of every communication with a co worker.[/b] He was continuing on a stupid joke from earlier in the day, not threatening to fire her if she didn't sleep with him. No one should feel threatened or uncomfortable in their workplace, but everyone doesn't have to be hypersensitive all the time either. I've had issues with co-workers before and because they were obviously well intentioned, nice and a bit retro, it was easily sorted out with a 2 minute face to face discussion. [/quote]

Say and do whatever you want with your friends.  In the workplace, different rules and laws apply.

OP's husband created a hostile workplace by legal definition.  It is not ok to do what he and his colleagues did.  They all need training.[/quote]

As someone who works in journalism, this isn't remotely a hostile environment.   Complainer wasn't "harassed." 
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The employment lawyer up thread disagrees with you.

Not sure how being a journalist is relevant.[/quote]

Journalist, harassment is a legal term that doesn't revolve around what you call "harassment."

This is from the EEOC website:

Sexual Harassment
It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person’s sex. Harassment can include “sexual harassment” or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.

Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person’s sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general.

Both victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be the same sex.

Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted).

The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer.

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