Sunday, January 10, 2016

Flirting & Sexual Harassment - Definitions Please


In the local news, on of the Big Bash cricket players was twigged for an interview with a local SportsNewsHottie...




“I wanted to come and have an interview with you as well.
That’s the reason why I’m here, just to see your eyes for the first time. It’s nice so. Hopefully we can win this game and have a drink after. Don’t blush, baby.”
She recovered, got the interview back on track and aside from from snickering from the other commentators, but it wasn't any near as bad as Joe Namath and his drunken hitting on Suzy Kolber in 2003...
Granted- live TV and all that. So his timing was off. BFHD.

Obviously, all the blue hairs and feminists got their knickers in a bunch regarding this...
But geez- that's pretty tame, all things considered.
He apologized, she accepted - then the PC Police went crazy- he got fined $10,000AUD
(What's that- $25 USD?)  and they are talking suspension/firing.
For telling her she was cute and asking her out for drink?
Please.
All things being equal, if you look at female Aussie Talking Heads, every damned one is a looker. They don't hire the 5s, only 8-10s. So- to be sure they are hired for their (sex) appeal. [The male ATH? I am not qualified to judge such things...] But in as much as they are hired with such an attribute, what the fck do they expect?

Cpould someone PLEASE draw the line where banter / harmless flirting and normal male-female interactions become sexual harassment and become harmful?



TBG - - ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

3 comments:

doubletrouble said...

There *are* no lines, that's the problem.
The decision of offense lies with the offendee.
Now I'm offended that I used a word that isn't one.

Angus McThag said...

Everything you do as a straight white male is some form of discrimination.

Everything.

Once you embrace you cannot win, you can stop playing their game and not care what they think.

99% of this works on making YOU feel like you did something wrong.

Old NFO said...

GAh... Who frikkin knows... sigh