This is the essence of the difference between being harassed and observing harassment, by the way. If it seems “a little creepy” to someone who isn’t the target, imagine how it seems to the person who is.https://twitter.com/davidlat/status/944196230338498560 …
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And let’s also consider the power imbalance inherent in your boss being creepy at you. Yeah, you can just quit, right? You’re independently wealthy. You don’t need money. Maybe you’re a breatharian who lives on positive energy.
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Oh wait no, this is the real world. You have bills, rent, student loans to repay. And in a clerking context, the rest of your fucking career can and maybe does hang on it.
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I agree with you as to the real world - but this discussion arose in the context of discussing a novel (where the main character, admittedly naive, doesn’t heed the warning signs & eagerly goes to work for the fictional judge in the end).
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Sure, but this isn't speculation, this is a thing that happens all the time, every day, to real people, and saying "well, I just wrote it as a little creepy" is..I mean, when I read some dude's fictional representation of "this is a little creepy" it still reads like harassment.
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Much of the time, anyway, I shouldn't make a blanket statement. But most men have a seriously miscalibrated notion of what's "just a little creepy" and what's actually fucking horrifying.
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You’re absolutely right. In my novel, Audrey finds the judge charming rather than creepy (based on a very brief interaction), but folks can certainly read
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How many of your beta readers were women, and how did they react to the depiction of the judge's actions in your novel?
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I didn’t have too many beta readers - in hindsight, I should have had more (I was an anxious first-time novelist) - but one was @BrianneGorod, a former #SCOTUS clerk - Brianne, please chime in if you have any recollections on your take on Judge Polanski.
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