The Russian Ruling

“A 22-year-old Russian executive lost her sexual harassment suit against her former employer this week when the judge ruled that sexual harassment was necessary for the propagation of the species.

Her former boss fired her for not having sex with him — she said ‘he always demanded that female workers signaled to him with their eyes that they desperately wanted to be laid on the boardroom table as soon as he gave the word. I didn't realize at first that he wasn't speaking metaphorically.’

Recent surveys show that 100 percent of Russian women report being sexually harassed at work, with fully 80 percent of women saying that they expect to have to sleep with their bosses to get ahead.”

I write on girls like Sasha, Natasha, Natalia and others all the time, but often I forget how difficult it is for women in their home country. This woman may have lost her case, but because she did we heard it. Now I just hope more people have the courage to speak up so that, someday, things will be different.

The Rape of Lucretia
Luca Giordano, 1663