@autienotnaughty it shouldn't be banned I agree, in fact as you say it highlights what women have to put up with. Do we want this for our DDs? It does need to stop being brushed under the carpet. What I've noticed as well is the amount of comments where other women have witnessed it and laughed it off, victim blamed etc
I have had had so many awful experiences and what I could have done with is being told about boundaries and that I have every right to have them and I don't have to put up with anything that makes me unhappy or uncomfortable.
As well as being harassed by another employee, cat called and wolf whistled at I had another manager attempt to bully me after I found out he had approached one of my close family members after seeing her on my FB and try to arrange to meet with her! I reported his predatory behaviour and they spoke to him. He then proceeded to make complaints, try to force me to attend meetings alone with him etc. I reported him again and they warned him, however, he was an extremely unpopular employee and they relished the chance to bring him into line, I'm not sure how they would have dealt with it had he not been.
I had another male colleague send a photograph of a nude woman around via email suggesting it was me. I knew nothing about it as was on annual leave. I dont know how my management team found out but he was suspended. I was told about it when I returned to work. A disciplinary was held and he was sacked. Again this employee was not up to scratch and I had turned the job down prior him to being offered it and he seemed to be angry about that. But once again other women in the company told me it was my fault he was sacked, I'd over reacted, it wasn't a big deal etc. Now I didn't over react I never knew a thing about it, this all happened while I was on leave and the final disciplinary was the day I came back! But not one if those women asked if I was OK!
As an 18 year old at another company I was walking past an older male employee who sometimes I'd pass the time of day with. This guy was married with children. He grabbed my hair and tried to kiss me. This was in front of other male employee who laughed. I did nothing and said nothing, just walked away.
I was stalked by a male employee at my last company, its very long winded so I won't go into details but he got my business card off my desk and started calling me. I was at first confused then quickly became scared, I reported it as he had also grabbed at me and tried to kiss me.my boss asked me to write down the call log and what happened. On one day alone there were 13 calls. He left gifts on my desk, phoned me when i was out of the office and asked where I was, left voicemails. The list goes on. When my boss went and spoke to his manager the response was well she should just ignore him. So it continued. In the end after another complaint he was spoken too ans I recieved a menacing voicemail saying he "wanted a word with me" I played it to my boss who had the stalker banned from the building I was in. This didn't stop him he loitered in places he knew I may go and was eventually sacked. This man was my father's age.