In the old times - before I ever entered the US for the first time - I was sometimes wondering if I could get a sexual harrassment lawsuit by helping the lady to keep the door open while she goes through. :) Even though I am (almost!) certain now that it is not going to happen, I still feel I need to be extremely restrained in the US. You've got a reputation for a country, can't change it so easily.
It seems it is pretty much the same prejudice as all that stuff about "long legged secretary girls" in Russia. As with the sexual harrassment laws, the cases like that seem to be more told about than actually happen. There are policies in large companies about this as well. But clearly, in small businesses, specifically related to model, music and arts. a girl would get such sort of "offers" much more often than in big technological or banking business that I know better.
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Date: 2015-02-05 06:23 pm (UTC)In the old times - before I ever entered the US for the first time - I was sometimes wondering if I could get a sexual harrassment lawsuit by helping the lady to keep the door open while she goes through. :) Even though I am (almost!) certain now that it is not going to happen, I still feel I need to be extremely restrained in the US. You've got a reputation for a country, can't change it so easily.
It seems it is pretty much the same prejudice as all that stuff about "long legged secretary girls" in Russia. As with the sexual harrassment laws, the cases like that seem to be more told about than actually happen. There are policies in large companies about this as well. But clearly, in small businesses, specifically related to model, music and arts. a girl would get such sort of "offers" much more often than in big technological or banking business that I know better.