So far everyone who is making major headlines has majorly crossed the line. I don't think you have to worry about flirting outside of the office at this time. Stay tuned.
Just to clarify - if you asked me in college to go back to your room, and I wanted to and said yes, that isn't harassment. If you asked me, I didn't want to but you said, "hey, I'm your biology TA and class could be really difficult ....." that would be.
I'm sure you're just stirring the pot here - but the difference between being offended by off putting comments and disgusted by unreciprocated flirting are ver different than touching someone without their permission, or alluding to quid pro quo - and the later are off limits.
If you're not just stirring the pot - I'll let someone else deal with you.
The problem is people are coming out saying theyve been sexually harassed(assault is different) and there is no context to alot of it. People just going, "hey, look at me." Many just want attention for some minor offputting comments.
@teachercd Is it harassment, if in Bio class you are going over some anatomy and trying to learn names of things, you point at your females crotch area, from a fair distance, and ask if that is the pubic/vaginal area of her?
See these are a great couple of examples from teach & CN. Your comments are in extremely poor taste, and say a lot about you - but they're not harassment.
Thats what im getting at. Thanks for helping prove the point. Its not always harassment. Fact is i dont think most people know what actually is and isnt harassment and there will be a lot of people getting shamed for being accused of harassment when it wasnt.
Like who, @C N Red? Who specifically is erroneously being accused of harassment?
Also why is your posture, "What can I get away with without going over the line?" rather than, "I respect the hell out of women and will err on the side of honoring them and treating them well, not the side of what I'm allowed to do that could be ambiguous"