This is in response to a gender discrimination lawsuit.
This is in response to a gender discrimination lawsuit.
1. Oh, you lawyers. A carefully hidden sentence: "Plaintiff eventually succumbed to Mr Naszre's insistence on sexual relations on two or three occasions". That's the only indication in the entire document that this woman was, in fact, bangin' Mr Naszre. If you ask me, it should be pretty darn difficult to win a "sexual harassment" lawsuit against somebody if you willingly and consensually had sex with 'em both before and after the alleged harassment.
Also, was it two or three? Is she really so unsure of the exact number? It's not like we're talking "fifteen or sixteen" times you cheated on your fiance with a married man, Ms Pao.
2. As for gender discrimination preventing her from moving up: you're a freaking partner. What's the next step up, exactly?
I'm sure things might have been weird after she'd had sex with her coworker, but geez, you should have thought of that before you opened your legs, Ms Pao.
This is not to deny that Mr Naszre had some culpability here too, they both share it. But since it's she rather than he who is doing the suing here it's more relevant to point out her own misconduct.
edit: Removed namecalling.
I think you threw a few judgments in there too.
If you were in a relationship before (that included sex), then broke off the relationship, then were harassed into more sex afterward, that's still a criminal act of sexual harassment.
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