Article May 26, 1980 Issue

Dealing spiritually with harassment at work

FEROL AUSTEN

When physical sense has no one to talk to, it becomes silent.

An understanding of God and of man's essentially spiritual nature can help anyone who encounters sexual harassment at work. This annoyance takes many forms, some more acute than others, and certainly one of the most prevalent offenders is the verbal flirtation and the one-track mentality that turns every word into a sexually oriented one. When not welcome, this is, at best, boring; at worst, it is usually recognized as an intended prelude to other things.

Some years ago I worked with a man who, though ostensibly happily married, took to verbal sex as an acceptable and less dangerous alternative to something more serious.

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