sexual harassment in the workplace

Between some troubling incidents I've personally witnessed recently, and several statutory changes enacted or put forward by misogynistic dinosaurs going around dressed like normal human men, I figured it was about time for another lecture. Now, this may piss a few of you guys off, but guess what? I don't care. If I can plant a seed in that moribund pile of mush you call a brain, it's worth the effort.

From Laura Leslie of WRAL on FaceBook, news that the Executive Director of the NC Democratic Party has resigned. She says that contrary to Parmley's defense, she spoke to "eyewitnesses" about the allegations.

Here is the story from WTVD news in Durham.

The News and Observer has a long story with news of yesterday's conventions' resolutions in Wake and Durham as well as the news of today about the NC Democratic Party's ED resigning.

Hello again 1950's: (Hat-tip to Pam Spaulding for Tweeting this)

“Why don’t they quit once the so-called harassment starts? Obviously, the morals of the harasser cannot be defended, but how can the harassee escape some responsibility for the problem?”

Which is an excerpt from his 1987 book Freedom Under Siege. And proving that idiocy doesn't improve with age, his defense of that quarter-of-a-century-old statement is even worse: