Woman Said to Have Felt Hostility at Work After Complaining About Cain

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Source: NY Times

One of the women who accused the Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment while working for him at the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s complained that the workplace turned hostile after she alleged that he made advances toward her during a work-related outing, several people familiar with her account at the time said in interviews.

The advances were said to have taken place during a festive night in which Mr. Cain and several younger staff members drank until late in the evening, and his flirty banter with the woman crossed over into propositions that she leave with him, these people said, speaking in separate interviews and on the condition of anonymity.

One person with direct knowledge of her account at the time said that the woman — roughly two decades Mr. Cain’s junior and serving in a lower-level job — rebuffed him but that he continued to make advances. “She was uncomfortable, and it was inappropriate from the start,” this person said. “He was persistent.”

Mr. Cain has repeatedly denied that he did anything inappropriate, though he has acknowledged that at least one severance payment was made to an accuser. His campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the new accounts of the incident on Thursday evening.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/us/politics/woman-said-to-feel-work-hostility-after-alleged-encounter-with-cain.html?pagewanted=all

[SoapBox]

1. The CainWreck is a dirt bag...

He's made my skin crawl, from the moment he appeared out of nowhere.

It will be interesting to see if the Baggers and Haters are going to go for a Crucify-Those-Women routine, doing
a repeat of the Clarence "Skeezy" Thomas hearings.

[DesertFlower]

9. i had the same reaction.

[Lil Missy]

2. Obviously she can't take a joke. n/t

[Little Tich]

3. Ahh, my daily dose of Herman Cain...

[golfguru]

4. Their photo's should have been hung on the wall

as employees of the month!

[No Elephants]

5. Cain has now officially become a distraction to both parties.

Hereinafter, he shall be known to me only as "Herman who?" and "Cain who?"

Media, however, will flog this to death. I recommend we ignore them and focus on 2012.

[truthisfreedom]

6. And he will be used this way to make sure no real news makes it to our viewscreens until several

months from now.

[No Elephants]

7. Bingo. And people need to learn. Coming forward years later if cool,

if you want your harasser to sit on the SCOTUS or in the Oval Office.

(I was thinking of Cain there when I typed Oval Office, but realized when I got to the end of this post that the statement may have another example. All I can say is, if the shoe fits, wear it.)

If not, suck it up and file with the EEOC. It may not help you, but there will be an offical record that may help the next person harassed, or maybe even the whole country.

I am sorry to blame the victims, but the more light is shone on this stuff, the likelier the roaches are to think twice about it before engaging in it.

[Demit]

8. I'm sure if the women had used their crystal balls to see that Cain would run for president, they

would have happily filed a formal complaint against their boss, thereby jeopardizing their ability to make a living. After all, what's being fired from a job that you need now, compared to possibly maybe in the future being able to help the whole country? Shame on them for not thinking ahead!