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>It's easier for you to prove he fired you because of your sexual orientation than for him to prove you harassed him. So, I can't understand as a gay man becau

>It's easier for you to prove he fired you because of your sexual orientation than for him to prove you harassed him. So, I can't understand as a gay man because I'm immune to accusations of sexual harassment because I can just use my orientation as a discrimination shield? Eh, no, not really. Frankly, it doesn't make sense and er, it doesn't address the fact that the other person could be gay? While I concede that a false allegation of sexual harassment carries a different weight than a false allegation of murder... false accusations are lies and presumably will happen even if you avoid all contact with someone, no? I guess I don't know what the alternative is. If I have to choose between ignoring workplace harassment and having folks err on the side of caution in the workplace behavior, I know which way I hope for us to err.

Draiken 8y ago
I didn't mean to imply you can't understand that because of being gay. I merely think sexual orientation changes the entire thing. The tension people feel comes from society and IMO that's very different when it's not the traditional heterosexual dynamic. As much as I'd love to live in a world where everyone is truly equal, that's not the world we live in. > false accusations are lies and presumably will happen even if you avoid all contact with someone, no? Absolutely true. But lying about sexual misconduct is relatively easy compared to a murder. If someone does decide to be malicious against you, it's easier to prove them wrong if it's known that you stay away from the other person. Because of gossip and perception if you're close to someone of the opposite sex on the work environment people assume the worst.