Margaret Heffernan Quotes

Sexual Harassment ... unwanted sexual advances against women employees by male supervisors, bosses, foremen or manager

Even though we have laws against it and HR departments to handle it, a woman - especially if she is young and just starting out - can never be sure that reporting harassment won't hurt her career.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.

The fundamental problem is that there's no credibility in the judicial system, which is a system that's been completely politicized. This is retaliation and selective repression.

If one were to be penalized in any way by one's superior, one would have no good words to say about that superior

The fast food industry is rife with sexual harassment. These kids need the job and the supervisors--almost all male--take advantage of them.

Sometimes when women come forward about sexual harassment, they're seen as a troublemaker.

I don't know the reason why someone would not speak up about sexual harassment. I don't know why it doesn't happen here, but I am sure it exists not only in our industry, but every industry, it is there.

I might be one of the very few people in this industry who doesn't have a 'me too' story.

I faced a lot of backlash when I spoke about being sexually harassed by Dibakar Banerjee. Not directly, but indirectly, I was boycotted by the entire fraternity that supported the director, because it is a male-dominated set-up.

For a number of years at my public elementary school in rural Maine, I was treated like all the other girls in school. That changed in September 2007 when a male classmate, set on a path by his grandfather, followed me into the girls' restroom. The end result was that I had to use the school's staff bathroom - just me, no one else.

In many cases, women are being harassed by people who are on their board or who are associated with one of their venture capitalists.

If you're working for a sexist jerk, you have to leave.

I have had an actor squeeze himself up against me during a shot in a song and whisper in my ear that he was so glad that I was in the film with him. When I threw him off me and refused to speak to him again, he made my experience miserable.

I think when I started in wrestling, I hadn't realized how difficult locker rooms were going to be. I thought they were going to be more inviting than they were.

Workplace harassment and gender discrimination exist in all spheres, not just films. I have been lucky enough not to face it, but I don't deny its existence.

Nobody bothered to ask me how I was doing when my livelihood was snatched away after the 'Horn Ok Pleassss' harassment episode.

I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment.

I made the difficult decision to retire because a campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation by President Trump and his allies forever limited the progression of my military career.

For a country to be looted, its people's voice must be silenced.

My older brother used to punch me all the time because I was a nerd.

I don't like the tropes, particularly in my industry, that the senior women are mean to the junior staff.

Fortunately, I have never been a victim of sexual harassment. But there have been instances where I have lost out on work or people have shown disinterest in working with me because I was unwilling to succumb to this unspoken understanding of patriarchy.

Nobody should feel uncomfortable at their work place, and nobody should be in a position to make someone feel uncomfortable.