There are serious problems with the current system. The prevailing belief that a woman would never lie myth coupled with the how it is perceived idiology added to the now popular zero tolerance policy has created an corrupt system. The protections afforded accusers have created an unjust system that only gives lip service to the consequences of false claims. Neither gender is more inherently honest than the other and unscrupulous people will use any means at their disposal to work the system. An employee in a protected class can easily avoid justified disciplinary action or termination by simply claiming harassment by an superior who is not in a protected class typically a white male. Once the claim is made the employer may or may not conduct a token investigation regardless of the outcome the company afraid of litigation will quickly and quietly get rid of the accused as they have little or no reason to fear litigation due to the abysmal lack of rights afforded by the legal system under today's legal system. The extremely smart false accuser will claim the harassment took place without witnesses thereby placing the accused in a no win senerio. Fight with no chance of winning if the accused can even find a decent lawyer willing to take the case coupled with the utter destruction of reputation and career or quietly leave and hope to get a new job quickly before financial destruction. Employment lawyers will quickly tell the accused that despite the injustice of what occured that the following two insurmountable legal issues prevail first most all states are fire at will and that the court system will side with the accuser.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely and society needs to wake up to the fact that we have given absolute power to the accuser as time passes this fallacy will destroy more and more lives, ultimately leading to an unjust backlash in the opposite direction.
As a woman I have seen and been subject to sexual harassment that went unpunished BUT I have seen far more false allegations taken to HR that are quietly swept under the rug as the innocent accused is ushered out the door and the guilty accused has secured a job for life with out fear of displinary action for any misconduct henceforth.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely and society needs to wake up to the fact that we have given absolute power to the accuser as time passes this fallacy will destroy more and more lives, ultimately leading to an unjust backlash in the opposite direction.
As a woman I have seen and been subject to sexual harassment that went unpunished BUT I have seen far more false allegations taken to HR that are quietly swept under the rug as the innocent accused is ushered out the door and the guilty accused has secured a job for life with out fear of displinary action for any misconduct henceforth.