Interesting responses.

I wonder what the first-thought responses would be (including my own) had it been opposite genders or even an 'attractive' girl-on-girl pass.

There is no question that an advance was made and that today there is a system as eager to deal with it as it once was to ignore the issue. It would seem it largely depends on what the offended person really wants to happen and how 'harassed' they truly feel they were. Only the parties involved know their personal feelings.

Is the desire to just bring it to an end with a 'not interested' or exercise the system or even persecute by an individual standard? My knee-jerk reaction is to be aware there is a system that is available for help, but also that the system is a steamroller, once put into motion. Often it is itself obligated to a course that rolls over everybody, regardless of intent, interpretation or the desires of either party.

My personal, first reaction is to address the issue 'personally'. Making it 'clear' that I do not like, want, or am going to have ANY of this, could well resolve it there. I would then 'keep' my backup of any and all documentation and I would 'verbally' make a note of the incident with the 'someone higher', (including a note of the date/time/higher-up' I made note with).

I'm not crazy about an either/or method as first choice. When a progression can be made to reach the desired result, that's all I'm interested in. When all else fails, you take it to the next level, but that is more of a guy thing I guess.

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