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I have decided to file a complaint. My letter will describe the incident and demand that there be sensitivity training prior to the hiring process and, furthermore, if there are complaints made, formal mandatory classes into harassment and gender equity and suspension until they are fully completed.

Now my question to the men out there: I DO realize that these policies arely do exist at many institutions. And many of my own male-friends go through them and, to be be honest, they say they are a bitch to go through and they already know what to do and what not to do. And they do fine when passing through the motions of these "sensitivity trainings". My question is do these work at all? Do you llike..think twice about the words that come out of your mouth? Or do you just go through the motions, pass it, and resume your everyday behaviour.

NOT to say that your everyday behaviour is sexist, etc. But men are socialized to, some degree, to be men- do stereotypical "man" things. Like the commenter said from the last post, when men get together it is a whole other story, but when they are acting alone they rarely act so rudely. And it is true, for the most part in my experience. Men hoot and holler in groups but when they are alone they are quite respectful and politely compliment me.

But group-mentality/ the way you are socialized to behave in society or in front of others... sometimes it is deplorable. and I'm curious- what does it take to get you men, who can admit they can sometimes act shamefully towards the other gender, to stop doing that? Does sensitivity training really work or do we have to re-socialize men altogether?

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