Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
I strongly suggest you re-read your sexual harassment training materials (I'm sure your agency conducted the required annual training.) and run this scenario by your HR and lawyers. Jokes about blondes directed at a particular person could, in fact, "create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment" if the victim was offended enough to file a complaint or anyone who happened to be there was offended and filed a complaint.
Unless the act was blatant, the only way to get somebody is over a period of time and sustained harassments. And, unlike passengers at checkpoints, these screeners, if charged, would enjoy all the provisions of due process and the legal system. And, as I said before, you don't have to be an employee of the agency to be either the victim or the harasser.
One last time...please show the connection between a joke about blonde women and SEXUAL HARASSMENT. There is no connection, further...the OP was not provided with a hostile work environment because the poster did not work for the TSA and suffered no effects at work due to the behavior. There is no wiggle room here. YOU provided links to sites that disproved your own accusation. A hostile work environment does not constitute sexual harassment. I think you have confused a couple of different issues here. You were wrong to proclaim such an outlandish charge, but like the screener who told the joke, you refuse to admit your error or apologize for you statement. Seems the only difference would be the uniform. Now, should you be charged with slander, or should we let this slide along with the stupid joke.