#metoo

By now, you've seen these hash tags on some form of media. I don't know that memes or ribbons or such actually affect (usually) a social justice issue. But stories are important and interesting and how we learn best. So, here's one of my stories.

I got fired for telling a supervisor to stop touching me. Fortunately, it was only a crappy temp sort of job, but it was still wrong. When I went to the owner of the business to report the supervisor, I was told to be more Christian and to be patient with him as he was a dork around women.

Um. "Stop touching me. I don't like it." is pretty clear, even if you are a dweeb with social graces. 

I consulted with a lawyer who told me that if I were to pursue it, the other side would get nasty with digging into my social/dating life and I was better off to drop it.

I was lucky~this wasn't a career sort of job. I didn't lose my housing. I wasn't harmed physically. It was mild compared to some of the stories I've heard this week. 

It's tiresome and wrong that this kind of idiocy still exists. Can you imagine the advances/inventions/creations/just better days that could exist if women didn't have to spend so much of their energies avoiding and fending off entitled male behaviors?

Back to daily joys tomorrow.