Ex-Linus Media Group employee Madison Reeve has posted a thread on social media on the alleged working culture of Linus Media Group, which is currently under fire for accuracy and ethical concerns.
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I recently went though sexual harassment training and the bar was “if the person hearing something thinks it’s sexual harassment, then it’s sexual harassment.” It doesn’t matter the intent, or even if they were involved.
With definitions like that, the possibility of making an innocent mistake is almost guaranteed.
I’ve never going to HR about anything, but I can think of dozens of things they have happened to be over the years which could have been take that way. My boss rubbing my shoulders, even though I was visibly and vocally uncomfortable with it. Him then diving his hands down my chest and stomach while giggling. Him and a co-worker walking up on either side of me putting one leg up on my desk, so when I noticed and looked one way it was a crotch, then freaked out and looked the other way and was met with another crotch. A lady who asked me to leave various articles of my clothing on her desk before I left work. The same lady would try placing her hand on my lower back as she tried talking to me while walking down the hall. The guy in the cafeteria literally never charging me for a meal and just winking at me… then asking me if I was hungry for a hot dog.
I could go on, but there were a lot of things that could have fit the bill. I did nothing, but others will run to HR when they overhear a PG-13 joke (the lady who asked me to leave my clothes for her was well known for going to HR over really minor stuff like that).
You are joking right? I understand that you might not have wanted to report the sexual harassment you received but that’s a personal choice and doesn’t give you the right to look down on people who do report it.
I’m just saying sexual harassment needs to be better defined. The current definition is dog shit, to the point of not even being a definition. Simply making eye contact, or just existing in the same office, could be considered harassment based on the current definition.
Even, “you know it when you see it,” would be better than what we currently have. After going through that training I didn’t want to say anything to anyone, especially someone of the opposite sex. Get on someone’s bad side and they can drum up a quick harassment claim to screw up your life.
I think the context still matters. There was groping in my list of stuff too, but I used slightly different wording.
Are we talking people trying to squeeze and honk things, or someone put their hand on someone’s shoulder to try and talk to them and calm them down when upset, and it was taken the wrong way and labeled to make it sound as bad as possible?
Hearing one side of anything is rarely the full story.
He did say “HOPEFULLY just innocent mistakes…” Which we all should hope whether we think all allegations are true or not.
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“Maybe she experienced it differently”
I recently went though sexual harassment training and the bar was “if the person hearing something thinks it’s sexual harassment, then it’s sexual harassment.” It doesn’t matter the intent, or even if they were involved.
With definitions like that, the possibility of making an innocent mistake is almost guaranteed.
I’ve never going to HR about anything, but I can think of dozens of things they have happened to be over the years which could have been take that way. My boss rubbing my shoulders, even though I was visibly and vocally uncomfortable with it. Him then diving his hands down my chest and stomach while giggling. Him and a co-worker walking up on either side of me putting one leg up on my desk, so when I noticed and looked one way it was a crotch, then freaked out and looked the other way and was met with another crotch. A lady who asked me to leave various articles of my clothing on her desk before I left work. The same lady would try placing her hand on my lower back as she tried talking to me while walking down the hall. The guy in the cafeteria literally never charging me for a meal and just winking at me… then asking me if I was hungry for a hot dog.
I could go on, but there were a lot of things that could have fit the bill. I did nothing, but others will run to HR when they overhear a PG-13 joke (the lady who asked me to leave my clothes for her was well known for going to HR over really minor stuff like that).
You are joking right? I understand that you might not have wanted to report the sexual harassment you received but that’s a personal choice and doesn’t give you the right to look down on people who do report it.
I’m just saying sexual harassment needs to be better defined. The current definition is dog shit, to the point of not even being a definition. Simply making eye contact, or just existing in the same office, could be considered harassment based on the current definition.
Even, “you know it when you see it,” would be better than what we currently have. After going through that training I didn’t want to say anything to anyone, especially someone of the opposite sex. Get on someone’s bad side and they can drum up a quick harassment claim to screw up your life.
The comment I replied to described sexual touching when objection had been expressed, there’s nothing more clear cut than that.
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Is that the context? From what I’m hearing people talking about, someone said “calm your tits” and something about twerking.
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I think the context still matters. There was groping in my list of stuff too, but I used slightly different wording.
Are we talking people trying to squeeze and honk things, or someone put their hand on someone’s shoulder to try and talk to them and calm them down when upset, and it was taken the wrong way and labeled to make it sound as bad as possible?
Hearing one side of anything is rarely the full story.