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Katie* is one of three female paramedics who have shared their experiences of being "hounded" for sexual favours in return for passing training, getting a promotion or simply keeping their jobs.

Although these remarks were often dismissed as "jokes" or "banter", Katie says, occasionally it shifted into a "monumental" abuse of power.

"Handjobs. Blowjobs. They were obsessed with blowjobs," she says.

Once I made a mistake with a patient, and a colleague tried to blackmail me into having sex with him. It was horrendous. When I told him no, he said, "watch your back, because I could rape you".

I don't know how you change this culture. When posters saying "We Do Not Tolerate Sexual Harassment" were put on the doors in the ladies toilets, a man crossed out the "Not" and drew a penis next to a woman's mouth.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

Male colleagues would even walk around the crew room with their penis sticking through the zip of their trousers and their pockets turned out. They'd swing it and sing Nelly The Elephant.

Holy shit is there a word for when you recognize that something is completely and undeniably reprehensible, but also completely fucking hilarious if you remove the problematic context?

Like, I would do this to my wife. Scratch that, I'm gonna do this to my wife and she's gonna think it's funny.

But, obviously, don't do this to your co-workers, or really anyone that hasn't given you prior consent to swing your dick around...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

People suck.

Gender is fine

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The number of arsehole men is too damn high. Whenever I see or hear these stories my blood boils.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In 1999 I had to work on site at a client's London offices in order to prep them for Y2K. Never before or since have I seen such blatant misogyny nad sexual harassment at the workplace. Every office and every location I went to it was the same.

That experience deeply influenced my decisions when I decided to open satellite offices in London and Ireland and we have never had an incident.

Culture starts from the top.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just out of curiosity, what are your policies regarding sexual misconduct/harassment?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Probably that they exist and are enforcement

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
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