More men file workplace sexual harassment claims

LoZoccolo

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Thu Mar-04-10 10:02 PM
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More men file workplace sexual harassment claims

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By SAM HANANEL (AP) – 9 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Jonathan Pilkington's boss wouldn't take no for an answer.
During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Ariz., Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and otherwise sexually harassed him more than a dozen times.
"It was very embarrassing," Pilkington said. "I felt like I had to do something because the situation was just so bad."
Now Pilkington, a married father of two, is the star witness in a federal lawsuit against Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar and one of a growing number of men claiming they are victims of sexual harassment in the workplace.

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Thu Mar-04-10 10:03 PM
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1. link? n/t

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LoZoccolo

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Thu Mar-04-10 10:05 PM
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3. Sorry. n/t

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tammywammy

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Thu Mar-04-10 10:12 PM
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5. Thanks

And good for those men. As the one said in the article, I'm sure more men don't come forward due to embarrassment or the idea that they will be "unmanly." Harassment is always wrong.

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Thu Mar-04-10 10:04 PM
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2. ...

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Thu Mar-04-10 10:41 PM
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6. guys cant help themselves, they dont know better, boys will be boys. nt

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paulsby

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Thu Mar-04-10 11:00 PM
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7. i've been sexually harassed several times

i would never report it, at least not the minor instances i dealt with.

but it was definitely sexual harassment

i'm a male

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