What's Going ON??!!!

[bozo 0]

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I'm with you, something stinks.

Having just retired from a major university, as an upper level supervisor, I know how the system works.
As a number of the people here have stated....there is a certain process that MUST be followed.
In your fathers case it didnt happen.

What I see here......and saw at the university many times in 18 years....is a convenient way to rid themselves of an unwanted employee....for whatever reason. No reflection on your fathers past.

Usually at the university level the administration was trying to rid themselves of someone with tenure...which is tantamount to impossible....unless.
..you could trump up some "harrassment" charges.

Please give you dad my best wishes.....retirement aint too bad.

bozo
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Unfortunately, as is often typical in our society, we've addressed a problem by letting the pendulum swing so far in the other direction that it creates a whole new set of problems.

Sexual harassment is a real problem in some workplaces. However, we've gone so far in the direction of extreme sensitivity that situations like what happened to your father are taking place. Unfortunately, it's the reality of a world where an employer is seen as "not taking the problem seriously" if they don't investigate every problem thoroughly. Unfortunately, your dad got caught in the cross-hairs.

This woman who is challenging him ... well, she's a product of today's victim mentality. Today's society unfortunately tells her that she doesn't really have to take responsibility for her own life; she just needs to hand the problem over to someone else. Am I saying she should have to suffer her discomfort in silence? Of course not. But probably no one taught her how to defuse situations before they become issues.

"Thank you for noticing but talking about that at work makes me a little uncomfortable" with a smile might have headed the problem off before it became a "problem." We're hearing your dad's side of the story; he may not have had any ill intentions or sexual thoughts towards this woman, but *something* in his approach set her off. Trouble was, she lacked the self-confidence to address it and decided instead to use "official channels." Whether it had anything to do with your dad or was just the product of some combination of history/biases, I don't know.

Unfortunately, we're to a point where bad judgment has been used often enough to deal with genuine harassment situations that we've erred on the side of allowing policy to override judgment, even good judgment.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke