It may now be 2012 AD, but it was might as well be 1912 AD at CBS Radio affiliate KYW in Philadelphia (allegedly). It's amazing to me that this kind of crap still goes on in some workplaces (if the allegations are true), but if even the Obama White House can be a hostile work environment for women (as was alleged in 2011 AD and previously discussed in this space), then I suppose the "Good 'Ol Boys Club" can exist anywhere..."It was like 'Mad Men,'" says 36-year-old Shelley Kanther (pictured immediately above and below), in reference to the popular TV show that depicts a sexist 1960s AD workplace. And she was even one of the station's higher-ups, serving as the director of marketing in 2009 AD and 2010 AD.
In a new sexual harassment lawsuit filed against CBS, Kanther (who's married) claims the abuse started with male employees calling her little pet names like "baby" as if she was serving them up ham and grits at some roadside greasy spoon in Mississippi.Kanther says these skunks also took to slapping her on the ass as she walked by, perhaps in ode to Dabney Coleman's bossman-from-hell character in the old film "9 to 5." But all that was just for starters...
Because then there was the verbal harassment (allegedly). Kanther says these sewer rats liked to tell her that she was probably "fiery in bed." And that was only when they weren't trying to "guess her bra size" (allegedly).But these toads' fixation wasn't just on Kanther's cans, as she says these creeps liked to tell her to "wear skirts more often" to work. She also says these slugs once discussed trying to pay her to smooch another worker as if Kanther was kin to the below-pictured Morganna the Kissing Bandit.
For good measure, Kanther says these dirtbags loved to talk about their "sexual conquests" right in front of her. And they didn't do so in a whisper, mind you, but instead bragged in a "loud voice" about the broads they'd banged (allegedly).Kanther also points a specific finger at one of her bosses and a hellish "business trip" they took to Atlantic City. Kanther says that on the trip, Bossman kept talking about wanting to plant a big smoocheroo on her. This alleged crumb also took her to Karaoke Night, where he allegedly sang "Stay with Me Tonight" to her "while suggestively dancing in front of her, uncomfortably close."
And just to add insult to injury, Kanther says this joint paid her a salary that was three to six times less than the salary paid to her fellow department heads at the station who happened to be male. Kanther says that when she tried to complain about all this stuff, the station gave her the ol' pink slip.Now, what this all adds up to is one badass lawsuit, alleging not only sexual harassment, but also wrongful and retaliatory termination and violations of the Equal Pay Act. But on the bright side for the defendants, the pre-trial discovery phase may give them an opportunity to finally learn Kanther's bra size.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2080397/CBS-radio-sued-severe-sex-harassment-female-employee-Mad-Men-like-atmosphere.html
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