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by eberkund 2796 days ago
What would you suggest? Asking a woman to take off her shirt for a massage or hitting on her during an interview; while creepy, is not illegal so there would be no reason to bring this matter into a courtroom.
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That is my whole point. How do you convict this?

Spitting in general in the US is not illegal. Should you spit inside of a store? No and you’ll probably be asked to leave. When the owner says that dude is an asshole who spat in my store do you respond, “hold up where is his jury of peers?”

Pretty sure there is a lot of legal liability in asking for a massage or hitting on someone during an interview but I’m not a lawyer. The bigger issue is do you want to work under someone who does that? Either that person has no understanding of societal cues or they do and are asserting their power to take advantage of someone.

How do you convict this?

I assume you've had to take sexual harassment training before? It's usually explained there. In the United States, the EEOC files lawsuits on behalf of the victims.

Pretty sure there is a lot of legal liability in asking for a massage or hitting on someone during an interview but I’m not a lawyer

Yup, there is, and it comes from the EEOC suing you.