Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Eureka Moment 6

My final eureka moment was today when I realized that this class really helped me when speaking with and dealing with the female subordinates at my workplace. I'm not the kind of guy who talks down to people but now when I speak to everyone I speak with a little more respect in my vocabulary and tone. As I stated in my final project discussion board, I had an employee feel that she was sexually harassed at work. She had to feel comfortable enough with me to address that. Granted this was a few weeks ago but the things I've read in our text help me tremendously in dealing with both the accuser and the accused. I handled it so well that I actually got acclimates from my supervisor on the matter. I do have to say a lot of it was because of this class. I realized that I not only have to feel bad for the victim but I also have to help the accused in realizing what they've done wrong or if they've been falsely accused, how I can help them. Playing with my little niece and nephew who are both under 3 years old, I wonder how the lines are going to change from now to how it will be when they get to be my age. Hopefully the gender communication in the future is more an even playing field than it is now.

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