Please tell me if this is Sexual Harrasment...?!


Question:

Please tell me if this is Sexual Harrasment...?

My girlfriend recently told me that her boss had asked her to wear a specific pair of shoes to work one day. She said that there were going to be some important visitors and he wanted her to wear a pair of high heels that he liekd. This really upset me because I feel that this is a case of Sexual Harassment, but she doesn't seem to feel the same way. She told me that he stated "he has a thing for shoes" and feels his request was completely innocent.

I know there's nothing I can do if she feels comfortable about what happened, but I just wanted to get some opinions on whether or not this would be considered Sexual Harassment.

Additional Details

1 week ago
Thanks for all of the respones thus far.
Here are some of the answers to questions:

1. She's a receptionist at his company. Her attire is always professional and dressy. She doesn't wear tennis shoes, so this wasn't a rare request for everyone to get dressed up...this was a specific request for a certain pair of shoes.

2. He is the owner of the company, so there isn't an HR deparment for her to go to.

3. I'm not concerned about her cheating on me, I'm concerned about her.


Answers:

sexual harasement years ago was a very fine line between harassed and being complimented. your G/F may not see the harm in this but YES it is considered sexual harassment. anytime a superior makes a comment about perticular clothes, the way someone looks in the clothes they wear to work or the way they move in them is sexual harassment. right now your G/F may be comfortable with these "compliments" or likes the fact your G/F is a sharp dresser but if this continues she needs to tell her boss this makes her uncomfortable and she wants it to stop, if he does not, its time for her to look for a different job and take him to court. but remember 1 or 2 comments is not enough to go to court over. she has to keep a log.......what her boss says, if they are in private, how many times a day and the severity of the comment. if she thinks you are overreacting or jealous keep being on guard because you have valid reason to feel this way




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