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Something I honestly don't grok... These risks/warnings could apply to just about anything. A person could allege all manner of offensive, suggestive or coerci

Something I honestly don't grok... These risks/warnings could apply to just about anything. A person could allege all manner of offensive, suggestive or coercive things, but none seem quite as effective as sexual harassment. Am I wrong in the impression that allegations of sexual harassment specifically seem to be automatically taken quite seriously? Over the course of my career, I've seen people accused of every kind of discrimination imaginable, intimidation, extortion, death threats and more, but nothing gets traction like sexual harassment. What's the deal?

mahyarm 14y ago
It's probably because this law was established by the efforts of second wave feminism (1960s-1980s). Those other ones are far older and more fundamental social behavior laws that aren't enforced nearly as much. I'm hypothesizing that second wave feminism is an issue dear to the current generation of judges and prosecutors, since they were young then, which is why it gains far more traction in the American court of law. Even reality TV Judge Judy references second wave feminism in some of her judgments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism