i was working in a gay establishment and my co worker kept making sexual advance and then the customer told me that it was one on my job duties and the customer offered me money for sex. I was totally pissed and quit ! Does this have any merit for a sexual harassment case. The co worker was one of my supervisors
2007-03-05 13:02:41 · 8 answers · asked by rogerjohns2004 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
well it wasnt a gay bar it was a bathhouse. i guess most of the employees have sex with each other. I dont think that the customer was joking since there was 50 dollars laying on the bed. I was just there for employement not for anything else. And yes had told other supervisior about it and nothing was done. They even have a sexual harrasment policy posted there!
2007-03-10 13:20:35 · update #1
In the United States, sexual harassment between coworkers is sexual harassment, regardless of the gender of the employees. This includes same-sex sexual harassment.
This was established by the Supreme Court in 1998 in the case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services. See the link below for the relevant case.
2007-03-07 23:35:34 · answer #1 · answered by DavidGC 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not sure what kind of 'gay establishment' you were working in, but maybe you were being overly sensitive. It sounds to me like the customer was just joking. I would recommend that you not work at a gay bar if you don't like being flirted with and/or hearing lewd, rude, or sexually suggestive comments.
You can try suing for sexual harassment if you want to waste money on a lawyer. I really don't think you will get very far. It would depend on how long you worked there and if you ever complained to anyone else of authority at the establishment.
2007-03-09 22:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by Spyder 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does. Just because it's from the same sex, doesn't mean it isn't harrasment. It's one thing for them to put themselves out there. But if they tried to push themselves on you then that's where they went wrong. No excuse, if you feel you need to pursue it then just do it.
2007-03-11 10:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by MR. B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesn't matter whether they were your supervisor or not, and what type of work it was (as long as it's a liscensed place of employment)... may have been a sign to get out of that line of work...
2007-03-12 02:28:21 · answer #4 · answered by tomi27410 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DavidGC has it right. Sorry, you other guys!!!
Same goes for us up here in Canada; see the link below
2007-03-10 23:42:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
stop bein a p ussy how about that
2007-03-11 15:26:02 · answer #6 · answered by ?????? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with SPYDER on this one.
2007-03-10 08:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by front door 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all you should have done was told the department head and he would've been fired! duh!
2007-03-12 07:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by melikey2009 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋