California | Sexual Harassment
Legal Question
I was fored for reporting sexual harassement
I was a flight attendant for a large
fractional jet ownership company. From the first
week, I was subjet to repearted and
unrelenting physical advaces from my superiors, the
male pilots. Weekly, upon meeting one, I was
ordered to hug them, which made me feel very
uncomfortable. Eventually, i really didn't want to
ever speak to them or be anywhere near them. The
hugging was avery common practice and when I
mentioned it to other female flight attendants, even
those happily married, they shrugged it off as part
of the job. One pilot in particular ordered a hug
from me, made it last riciculously long, while
shoving his genitals into me, and then grabbed me
and kissed me. I was so scared, but since he could
fire me instantly, I just said I wasn't used to THAT
at work. I was terrified of losing my job and all
the meanwhile I was just trying to fit in. I
reported this to my female supervisors. One
stated that I had a ''perception problem.'' Another
comment was ''So what? They hug me, too.'' The same
pilot grabbed me at a hotel after waiting for us to
be alone in an elevator and kissed me again. I was
up all night, scared
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