"You are way overthinking this bordering on absurd paranoia." --> The 'blonde joke' reference is not my characterization - it's actually used as the example in

"You are way overthinking this bordering on absurd paranoia." --> The 'blonde joke' reference is not my characterization - it's actually used as the example in the fairly legal and specific summary that I referenced. Whoever wrote that article (a lawyer, presumably) felt that was a good way to communicate the essence of the law. So that you'd accuse me of 'being paranoid' when I'm just given you the example offered by what seems to be a very credible legal resource ... is not fair. I don't know anyone involved in this scenario. I have no idea what happened. This person could have been viciously harassed for all I know. But I do know we've only heard one persons voice, and we've only heard totally un-contextualized snippets. (For example - I do not think that 'being told to ask the waitress for a cheque in a stern voice' constitutes harassment.) Assuming that what she is saying is 'basically true'... then the guys she's dealing with are probably douche-bags. But maybe not. I'm not going to assume they are and I don't think anyone should, unless of course 'you know the people involved' in which case you have more information on which to make a judgement.