Because everybody has a different level of acceptance to these sorts of stuff, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
A man, Su was accused of being inappropriate to the female shop clerk next door, “Ms. How’s the business going? It would be easier if you’d find yourself a husband and marry, that way, you don’t have to work this hard.” The Hsinchu city government charged him with breaking the laws on sexual harassment; Su filed an executive suit against the charges, the Highest Executive Courts of Taipei believed, that although Su’s statements had made the female worker uncomfortable, but it wasn’t enough to be called sexual harassment, and that the feelings that the female worker felt was personal, to just her, the courts had dropped the charges against him.
Su owned and operated a male’s attire shop in Hsinchu, he’d passed by the shoe store next door multiple times last year from January to May, to stop and chat with the female store clerk, asked her about her relationships; she felt harassed by him, filed for a complaint with the local police subprecinct, the police investigated, and found that what Su did constituted as sexual harassment. Su felt taken, filed for another claim to have the police accusations dismissed with the city government, after the city government’s anti-sexual harassment special task force reviewed the details, they’d found, that sexual harassment DID happen.
The female store clerk had also accused Su of asking about her personal relationships in the five months’ time, and used three opportunities to rub up against her, making her uncomfortable; she’d aid, the first time, he’d touched her left shoulders for a few seconds, the second time he’d tried to touch her, she’d gone to the clothes racks to dodge him, but he’d still advanced toward her, the third time, he’d touched her waist for a second or two.
Su filed for an executive claim, asked for the dismissal of the city’s sexual harassment decisions, he’d stressed that on May first, he’d asked the woman, “Miss, how’s the business? It would be better if you’d find yourself a husband to marry, that way, you wouldn’t have to work as hard.” He saw her walking away, feared that he’d said something to offend her, that, was why he’d patted her on the shoulders, that he’d never intended to harass her at all.
The City Government pointed out, that the female clerk had her work to worry about, that, was why she didn’t fight back at the moment, that there was no intention for her, in libeling Su; and Su used provocative words, clearly showed that he was harassing her, and when he’d talked to the press about it, he’d stated that “it wasn’t rape, it was just me, grazing against her breasts, making something out of nothing”, proved that he was discriminating, and had the intentions of insulting her.
The Highest Executive Courts in Taipei believed, that although Su’s words caused the female store clerk to feel uncomfortable, but his actions and words wasn’t enough to damage her self-esteem, causing her to fear feel hostile, or offended or affect her in her daily work.
And so this, is still based off of how you see it, because the two courts reached different conclusions, and this just shows, how there’s still NOT clear-cut line on what constitutes as sexual harassment, because if it’s only these verbal exchanges that makes a person feels uncomfortable, then it wouldn’t stand up in court, because everybody is different in experiencing the events.
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