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Should we think about sexual harassment as a spectrum?

Dec 20, 2017
One professor has developed six categories of offensive behavior and misconduct.
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This holiday season, some companies are rethinking that open bar at the office party

Dec 14, 2017
Amidst news of sexual harassment scandals, some companies are canceling holiday parties while others limit alcohol or hire monitors to patrol the party.
Office parties often include alcohol, but some companies are thinking about limiting drinks or even eliminating the bar this year. 
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Tina Brown on Vanity Fair in the '80s, sexual harassment and being a "lady boss" her entire career

Dec 7, 2017
The former editor was an "observer at the feast" during the glitzy Reagan era and wrote about it in a new book.
Tina Brown speaks at the Women in the World Summit in 2015 in New York City.
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Rep. Jackie Speier: When it comes to sexual harassment, "we need to clean up our collective act"

"I'm having women come up to me and say, 'thank you so much.' And then they're telling me stories, stories that never get even heard because they never file complaints," Rep. Jackie Speier tells us about her efforts to change how sexual harassment allegations are handled in Congress.
Rep. Jackie Speier speaks during a House Administration Committee hearing on Preventing Sexual Harassment in the Congressional Workplace on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2017.
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How Congress deals with sexual harassment allegations

Nov 21, 2017
And what tax payer dollars have to do with it.
Rep. John Conyers of Michigan is the latest politician to be accused of sexual harassment.
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No, complimenting a woman won't be considered sexual harassment

Nov 20, 2017
Here's a look at what actually constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace.
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The Source Code: Ellen Pao

Nov 15, 2017
Our conversation with Ellen Pao on the pervasive sexual harassment problem in venture capital.
Ellen Pao leaves the San Francisco Superior Court Civic Center Courthouse during a lunch break from her trial on March 25, 2015, in San Francisco. Pao, Reddit's interim CEO, is suing her former employer, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, for $16 million alleging she was sexually harassed.
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Why discrimination in venture capital runs deep

Nov 15, 2017
Ellen Pao on why it's going to take more than a few leaders stepping down to solve the problem.
Ellen Pao, the interim CEO of Reddit, sued her former employer, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, for $16 million, alleging she was sexually harassed by male officials.
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