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Internet Justice and Rape Culture

2015-05-13 by dadgoesround 2 Comments

Last night I wrote a piece about the man who lost his job as a result of sexually harassing a female reporter. I said that I didn’t think he should lose his job. I questioned where the line was between personal and professional and whether employers should have the right to fire employees for things they do on their own time.

By this morning I was debating removing that post. My thinking continues to evolve on this issue. As is often the case I was thinking about it from multiple perspectives and hadn’t landed on my preferred lens. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: CITYNews, FHRITP, human resources, Rape Culture, Sexism, Shauna Hunt, workplace culture

Internet Justice

2015-05-12 by dadgoesround 1 Comment

This week two news items have got me thinking about internet justice and how quickly someone’s life can be damaged or destroyed by doing something dumb.

Today and yesterday it has been all about the City TV news reporter in Toronto who challenged these sexist assholes (not sure I have used a bad word on this blog before) who think it is funny to approach female reporters doing a live TV bit on camera and shout “F%k her right in the the P$$y.” (One bad word per post is enough.

Today it emerged that one of those men has been fired from his $100k / yr job as a result of his actions. I’ve been thinking about this situation. I initially experienced a moment of elation to hear that this guy had been identified and punished for his actions and I hoped that the others involved would meet the same fate.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Media Tagged With: CITYNews, Darth Vader Selfie, FHRITP, Internet Justice, Shauna Hunt

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