I have been harrased at work. A lady in my office tries to touch my private organs. She threatens me that if i dont reciprocate she will file a false rape case. To all others in office she is saying that i am impotent. Please help me what can i do to save me from sexual harrasment.
RE:I have been harrased
by Knowledge Software on Feb 17, 2007 05:46 PM Permalink
Hi Sachit, I faced the same problem but did everything in such a way that people ultimately knew the truth. In my previous workplace one lady was always trying to make sexual advances towards me. She used to touch me in obscene manner. She often made comments which involved her private body parts. She straight-away said that she wanted sexual favours from me etc. Like in your case, she also told me that she will tell everybody that I was trying to outrage her modesty. This is what I did:- 1. I tried to avoid her as much as I can. Of course, being in the same workplace, I could not avoid her completely. But I avoided as much as I could. Also I tried my best that we were not alone; whenever we were together I tried for somebody else to be there with one excuse or another.
2. Even when somehow we were alone and she was making advances towards me, I explained to her that what she was doing was wrong and that I hated it.
3. I sent emails to her saying that she should stop all such activities.
4. When I sent emails to her, then she sent reply emails making sexually explicit comments. I saved those emails but I did not let her know that I was saving the emails. I also saved copies of my emails to her in Sent Items folder.
5. When she threatened me that she would bring bad name to me, I was not bothered. I told her to go ahead and do whatever she liked.
6. One day she really did what she had threatened. That day I showed everybody the emails I had sent her and the emails she had sent me.
RE:I have been harrased
by Knowledge Software on Feb 17, 2007 05:47 PM Permalink
Having said the above, let me accept that in majority of cases, it is the women who are harassed.
RE:RE:I have been harrased
by Knowledge Software on Feb 17, 2007 05:50 PM Permalink
Oh, forgot to mention. In my case, I was much above the corporate ladder than her and was highly respected in the organization. Being higher in the corporate ladder might have (just might have) helped me. I am not sure what is the situation in your case.
