sexual harassment
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Scientist Loses Distinguished Award After Acceptance Presentation Full Of Racy Photos
The Herpetologists’ League rescinded its annual Distinguished Herpetologist award after winner Dick Vogt showed racy photos during his acceptance address.
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FBI Warns Of ‘Alarming’ Increase In In-Flight Sexual Assaults
Reports of in-flight sexual assaults committed by passengers against passengers are going up by double-digit margins, according to US federal crime statistics, and it’s unclear why.
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Women Who Say They Were Assaulted And Harassed By Uber Drivers Continue To Fight For A Trial By Jury
On Thursday, 14 women who say they were sexually assaulted and harassed by Uber drivers published an open letter to the company’s board of directors, urging Uber to free them from arbitration. This would mean that they would be able to have their cases heard in a trial by jury, and not behind closed doors by…
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‘Bro Culture’ Led To Repeated Sexual Harassment, Former Google Engineer’s Lawsuit Says
Loretta Lee, a software engineer who worked at Google for seven years before being fired in February 2016, is suing Google for sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination she says she experienced at the company. Lee says in her lawsuit that the company’s “bro-culture” led to continuous harassment and that Google did nothing to…