#MeToo QUASHES SEXUAL REALITY IN THE WORKPLACE By William J. Dodwell November 6, 2018 The recent Google
employee walkout in protest of sexual harassment is testament to the groupthink
and naivete of the movement’s sycophants.
Even the CEO publicly embraced the event, although intimidated workers
would not speak with reporters. Never is
sexual harassment defined, and the woman is always to be believed. It would seem that any overture is off limits,
and a mere allegation is enough to banish an accused. In fact, the Google CEO announced that no
payments will be made to anyone named in a sexual harassment claim. What a travesty!
The nouveau
puritanism imposed by #MeToo denies the natural sexual dynamics of the
workplace. Indeed, what was normal male pursuit is now considered sexual
harassment. As such, the new mores leave
little room for starting relationships. The
fact since time immemorial is that women want and expect to be wooed,
especially if still disposed while the biological clock winds down. Oftentimes the workplace is the only venue
available to them, and men, as time constraints and circumstance preclude
alternatives. But for the #MeToo crowd
emasculating men to empower women is more important.
Historically,
women rely on the workplace to meet men in the hope of marriage, children, and
yes, sexual recreation. Middle age women
can’t go to clubs anymore. And they may
not be interested in adoption, surrogacy, childlessness or maidenhood. Men instinctively initiate the interactive
process that accommodates women’s desires.
Perhaps, it’s a prolonged gaze, an innocuous touch, mutually furtive
knee contact under a conference table, or a slightly salacious double entendre
with a smile. This is not sexual
harassment. It’s flirting. It’s sexual reality in the workplace. Indeed, it’s life. So, get out of the way #MeToo!
When a few men
and women work in close proximity for an extended time, such as a temporary
office at an offsite function, sparks will fly. Many men would eventually make a pass at a
woman in that circumstance. And many
women would be disappointed if they didn’t. But #MeToo makes that quite dangerous today.
I know of one man’s
experience that is instructive as a microcosm of sexual reality in the workplace. On three separate occasions in different
years, he cautiously indicated sexual interest in a woman colleague. In each case, she appeared with a plunging
neckline the next day exposing abundant cleavage. The message was clear: You started it, so you complete it. Today, such a scenario might prompt a woman
to cash in through a frivolous sexual harassment lawsuit.
#MeToo
deprives women of important emotional experience because of its taboo against
sexual expression in the workplace, as it deters many men from behaving
normally as women would expect. The
movement is supposed to benefit women.
But in reality it probably makes many of them quite unhappy.
See my
manifesto, “War On MeToo: The Real Story
About Sexual Harassment” at https://sites.google.com/site/thecomprehensiveconservative/culture/current-commentary ©2018 William J. Dodwell
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