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Women should not be excluded from any meeting affecting their job simply because they are women. In the video re-enactment, Angela is not invited to certain functions that all of the men in the department attended. Angela should not be excluded because of her gender. This does not mean that there is no line between work functions and social functions. However, if the women in the department are excluded from functions where work is discussed, it could create an environment where women feel that they do not stand on an equal level with the male employees, and that they will not be fully accepted in the workplace because they are not male. If this is happening – step forward.
Also, women do not have to participate in offensive activities in order to advance in the workplace. In the video re-enactment, a supervisor makes plans to discuss a bonus at a topless bar. No woman should be forced to work or attend a work-related function in an environment that she believes is demeaning to women. Remember, if you wouldn't want your wife, mother or sister (or husband, father or brother) there, you shouldn't be asking another employee to be there.
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Angela is constantly excluded from after-hours social activity with the men in the office. She complains that this reduced her share of the bonus pool and is harassment.
