Six meeting professionals tell their stories of sexual harassment to shine a light on the effects of unwanted advances at conferences and events, and at the office.
It’s hard to find a meeting professional who hasn’t been a victim of or witnessed sexual harassment, though not everyone is ready to share their experiences. Six meeting professionals tell their stories of sexual harassment to shine a light on the effects of effects of unwanted advances in at conferences and events, and at the office.
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On a fam trip in a foreign country, one male member of our group wouldn’t stop grabbing at the waitress at dinner, calling her ‘honey’ and asking her what she was doing after work that night. Despite all of our begging him to stop, he kept saying, ‘Look, she’s smiling, she likes it!’—like she had a choice? Our host got so upset that he ended up walking out on the dinner.
—Anonymous
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—Lisa Palmieri, vice president, global enterprise solutions, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide
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—Sandy Biback, owner, Imagination+Meeting Planners, and founder, Meeting Planners Against Human Trafficking
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—Anonymous
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—Debi Scholar, GLP, GTP, CMM, DES, SSGB, CTE, global cross-divisional category leader/director, virtual meetings, division category congress and events, Novartis
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—Anonymous
