Coworker Keeps Sexually Harassing This Woman, So She Gets The Best Revenge Ever
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Sexual harassment is in the spotlight at the moment, with women all over the world finding the courage to stand up for themselves and speak out against something that has been tolerated for way too long.
With high profile movements such as the #metoo campaign, as well as a raft of high profile people now being named and shamed for past inappropriate behaviours, there has never been more moral support for women who feel violated to fight back. And now, thanks to this woman’s story shared on Reddit, there is a new weapon against unwanted advances: revenge farts.
“It was MY way of using my ass as a weapon. A weapon against him,” she explained about the incident, which occurred soon after her colleague, Ted, had ‘accidently’ groped her. “I think more women should just do it. Who cares if it’s not feminine? It’s not gentlemanly but accepted to be groped. Why not have men fear the ass?”
Scroll down below to see how the episode unfolded. Is this an acceptable or effective way to deal with a creep who won’t stop inappropriately touching female colleagues? Let us know what you think in the comments!
A new weapon against unwanted sexual advances in the workplace exists thanks to one woman
Image credits: The Open University (not the actual photo)
“It was MY way of using my ass as a weapon. A weapon against him”
People were largely supportive of the woman’s response to sexual harassment
Is this an acceptable way to deal with a creep who won’t stop inappropriately touching female colleagues? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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Well, the sad component is that it seems like several harassed people would not or could not raise their voices. And with five women as victims, surely more people must have witnessed something. We do not need revenge, we need a culture where everyone is entitled a life free of harassment.
We need to form a culture that teaches young kids that yes means yes and no means no while also teaching that they can always walk away, tell someone else or call it off.
...yes means yes, no means no, and everything in between also means no...
There are, sadly, still consequences for walking away in far too many instances. From catcalling, from unwanted advances...
Yes, this! We do need to start teaching young kids that other peoples bodies do not belong to them, no matter how much you might want to touch those bodies. It’s not enough to teach them to guard their own bodies from other people touching it. We need to emphasize, to them, that if a body isn’t yours you simply cannot touch it without it’s permission.
No, sounded to me like the other 5 had complained already, but didn't have proof. When she got him to admit he had pinched her butt, there was the proof.
Agree. At some point she says "feeling defeated like no one would believe me", why so? It is true, in many cases sexual harassment is downplayed, but in this case, its seems she did not try to speak up against the creep. If that does not work out, report him. Things escalated in an odd way because it seems she felt powerless before even trying to find support or becoming assertive. It is symptomatic of a more ingrained societal problem: many women don't have faith in a system that has failed them far too many times.
There's not just that "no one would believe her". It's absolutely not uncommon for women to suffer consequences of reporting sexual harassment, including getting fired. As Juana also said, she found out that he'd been doing that to 5 other women AFTER they were called in front of their boss, who then probably knew about it. The problem to underline here, is that women don't feel safe reporting those incidents, because they KNOW what sort of things happen might happen when they do. A pinch on the butt might not be worth risking to lose your job over.
And we'd have this culture only after all assholes are put in their place.
Unfortunately, you are correct. Back in the early 70's I was in a Lums Hot Dog place in south Georgia having lunch with a coworker. We were in a window booth and there were tables between us and the next set of center booths. Two guys were at the table closest to our booth, that had apparently been there for a little bit. One guy seemed to have had too many beers with his lunch. When the waitress came to see if there was anything else they needed before handing them their check, the drunk could not keep his hands off her leg and kept trying to grab her butt cheeks. She did a pretty good job in the beginning, but he kept at it. I got tired of it and lightly stuck his hand with my fork, since it was practically in my face. When he snatched his hand back, the waitress turned around to see who or what had made him move his hand that quick. I just grinned and saluted her with my fork, which he couldn't see. My coworker almost could not contain himself from laughing his head off.
Women are just now getting the courage to stand up and say 'no, knock it off'. In the past there's been the shame and humiliation and fear about calling someone out. I wonder if she called HR on him or not, but the fact that it happened publicly probably helped the other women realize they weren't the only ones and they needed to speak up.
Unfortunately, it seems that we are a very long way away from getting there. Even within a culture that is willing to label everyone as a "___ist" or "___phobic" harassing people, they disagree with is totally acceptable.
I so wish I could fart on demand. There are so many instances where it would have been an appropriate and perfect response
I think doing the noise with your mouth would be sufficient. My problem is that whenever something like this happens to me, I tend to freeze.
Me too!
I call it crop-dusting!
what makes men think that they are entitled to pinch you in the ass or make their hands go near your breast??? that is why i support the #metoo movement because they are men that think this is ok , that is not bad and they go away with not consequences then they scale to abuse power .
There's a vast number of things that directly or indirectly make people think that women's #1 goal is men. How often have you heard a man offer his opinion on how much makeup women should be wearing, what length of hair he prefers, what they should wear, how women doing this or that will be emasculating? And the opinions are often unsolicited. A lot of men even have trouble comprehending lesbians, because they're not about men. They're A-OKAY with them for a threesome though. In view of all this, feeling entitled to a woman's body... not surprising. Fortunately not too generalized, but not surprising.
Women never offer unsolicited opinions about mens clothing, hairstyle, facial hair or body type?
Please don't generalize. "Men" don't think they are entitled to harass women, a small percentage of men who are losers do. By characterizing *all* men as predators, feminists are actually antagonizing the normal men.
Too bad more of us don't have the presence of mind (or courage) to turn around and grab their junk, possibly a little too hard or give them a nice nipple twist. I'm very fortunate to have a man who truly respects women and is a complete gentleman. He doesn't get that kind of behavior at all.
Well, the sad component is that it seems like several harassed people would not or could not raise their voices. And with five women as victims, surely more people must have witnessed something. We do not need revenge, we need a culture where everyone is entitled a life free of harassment.
We need to form a culture that teaches young kids that yes means yes and no means no while also teaching that they can always walk away, tell someone else or call it off.
...yes means yes, no means no, and everything in between also means no...
There are, sadly, still consequences for walking away in far too many instances. From catcalling, from unwanted advances...
Yes, this! We do need to start teaching young kids that other peoples bodies do not belong to them, no matter how much you might want to touch those bodies. It’s not enough to teach them to guard their own bodies from other people touching it. We need to emphasize, to them, that if a body isn’t yours you simply cannot touch it without it’s permission.
No, sounded to me like the other 5 had complained already, but didn't have proof. When she got him to admit he had pinched her butt, there was the proof.
Agree. At some point she says "feeling defeated like no one would believe me", why so? It is true, in many cases sexual harassment is downplayed, but in this case, its seems she did not try to speak up against the creep. If that does not work out, report him. Things escalated in an odd way because it seems she felt powerless before even trying to find support or becoming assertive. It is symptomatic of a more ingrained societal problem: many women don't have faith in a system that has failed them far too many times.
There's not just that "no one would believe her". It's absolutely not uncommon for women to suffer consequences of reporting sexual harassment, including getting fired. As Juana also said, she found out that he'd been doing that to 5 other women AFTER they were called in front of their boss, who then probably knew about it. The problem to underline here, is that women don't feel safe reporting those incidents, because they KNOW what sort of things happen might happen when they do. A pinch on the butt might not be worth risking to lose your job over.
And we'd have this culture only after all assholes are put in their place.
Unfortunately, you are correct. Back in the early 70's I was in a Lums Hot Dog place in south Georgia having lunch with a coworker. We were in a window booth and there were tables between us and the next set of center booths. Two guys were at the table closest to our booth, that had apparently been there for a little bit. One guy seemed to have had too many beers with his lunch. When the waitress came to see if there was anything else they needed before handing them their check, the drunk could not keep his hands off her leg and kept trying to grab her butt cheeks. She did a pretty good job in the beginning, but he kept at it. I got tired of it and lightly stuck his hand with my fork, since it was practically in my face. When he snatched his hand back, the waitress turned around to see who or what had made him move his hand that quick. I just grinned and saluted her with my fork, which he couldn't see. My coworker almost could not contain himself from laughing his head off.
Women are just now getting the courage to stand up and say 'no, knock it off'. In the past there's been the shame and humiliation and fear about calling someone out. I wonder if she called HR on him or not, but the fact that it happened publicly probably helped the other women realize they weren't the only ones and they needed to speak up.
Unfortunately, it seems that we are a very long way away from getting there. Even within a culture that is willing to label everyone as a "___ist" or "___phobic" harassing people, they disagree with is totally acceptable.
I so wish I could fart on demand. There are so many instances where it would have been an appropriate and perfect response
I think doing the noise with your mouth would be sufficient. My problem is that whenever something like this happens to me, I tend to freeze.
Me too!
I call it crop-dusting!
what makes men think that they are entitled to pinch you in the ass or make their hands go near your breast??? that is why i support the #metoo movement because they are men that think this is ok , that is not bad and they go away with not consequences then they scale to abuse power .
There's a vast number of things that directly or indirectly make people think that women's #1 goal is men. How often have you heard a man offer his opinion on how much makeup women should be wearing, what length of hair he prefers, what they should wear, how women doing this or that will be emasculating? And the opinions are often unsolicited. A lot of men even have trouble comprehending lesbians, because they're not about men. They're A-OKAY with them for a threesome though. In view of all this, feeling entitled to a woman's body... not surprising. Fortunately not too generalized, but not surprising.
Women never offer unsolicited opinions about mens clothing, hairstyle, facial hair or body type?
Please don't generalize. "Men" don't think they are entitled to harass women, a small percentage of men who are losers do. By characterizing *all* men as predators, feminists are actually antagonizing the normal men.
Too bad more of us don't have the presence of mind (or courage) to turn around and grab their junk, possibly a little too hard or give them a nice nipple twist. I'm very fortunate to have a man who truly respects women and is a complete gentleman. He doesn't get that kind of behavior at all.