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OutOfOrbit's avatar

Bravo. They don't even know I exist and I hope to keep it that way.

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When I was 30, a somewhat older man worked in my unit and proudly, loudly proclaimed that rape was essential because otherwise shy women wouldn't breed. Shortly thereafter, he began attacking me personally and verbally. (The company was Bell Atlantic.)

One day he slipped up behind me and pushed me hard enough to knock me into a banister at the top of a flight of stairs.

I did not report this. I already knew from prior experience in retail ("you're just too pretty") and pharmaceuticals ("HR doesn't care, you're just a contractor") that sexual harassment wasn't a crime.

But a man that stupid will do other stupid things, easier to prove, and offensive to the Suits.

I noticed that my attacker was running his own business from his cubicle. I logged several phone calls, and suggested to Accounting that they might want to look at them.

That's what it took to remove a threat to my safety and well-being.

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