Sex at work--David Letterman does it. He's from the "We're all adults here" school of workplace ethics. Many college deans are against it. They're from the "Zero Tolerance" school of workplace ethics. So, who's right? Me, I'm a pro-sex, anti-sexual-harassment kind of guy. In other words, "It's all fun and games till somebody looses a spouse." Here are some forms of sexual behavior that are always over the line:
- If your coworkers are farm animals, and you have sex with them, you are over the line.
- If you're a man and yell "Nice rack, baby!" to your female coworker at the Christmas party, you are over the line. If she's wearing a Rudolph nose and giant antlers, she was asking for it.
- If you are at a business function and whisper to your secretary, "That dress looks lovely on you." That's okay. If you are in the office and yell, "Oochy, mama! You gonna pop outa dat thang, girl," you are over the line.
- If you hold up two softballs, and ask a female employee if she wants to to "play ball," you are over the line. If you are the coach of the company softball team, hold up two balls and tell you All-State-Women's-High-School-Champion pitcher, "You're gonna need these," that's okay.
- If you wake up in bed with the bosses wife, that's over the line. If you roll over the other way and find the boss smiling to you, you're probably okay.
I hope these examples make these deep waters a little easier to navigate.
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