"within the realm of reason" Thats the point I was making.
"Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment
So in my view, if the author would go to another conference, and the same creep would try again, that would be harassment. There should be a pattern of some kind. If you count single incidents as harassment, your going to have serious problems with freedom of speech.
FYI, using "FYI" feels arrogant to me. Please stop, you would not want to FYI-harass me?
You refer to it as a single incident; she does not.
"My colleague started making inappropriate sexual advances towards me. He singled me out and would not leave me alone, even when asked. I tried to shake it off, change the conversation and even moved away. He would not stop."
I'm not suggesting laws were broken, but there is no question in my mind that harassment is the proper term to use here.
"FYI" was an unproductive way to begin my comment. My apologies.
"Although the law doesn’t prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment
So in my view, if the author would go to another conference, and the same creep would try again, that would be harassment. There should be a pattern of some kind. If you count single incidents as harassment, your going to have serious problems with freedom of speech.
FYI, using "FYI" feels arrogant to me. Please stop, you would not want to FYI-harass me?