[GVIrish]

Eh, I would say that there is more than one viable way to approach the issue and it totally depends on the people involved and severity of the infraction.

In this case maybe counseling/training could fix the behavior in the harasser, maybe it wouldn't. The other thing is, sometimes there is conduct that merits firing outright, without counseling. For some people/companies that line would have been crossed with the 'milf' comment.

From the standpoint of making the world a better place I do think that incidents like these can be turned into teachable moments so that people can understand better what is, and is not appropriate. But really, companies should make that part of their training when people are brought on so that situations like this can be avoided in the first place. If someone still crosses the line after that, then they won't be surprised when they are fired.