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Is this sexual harassment and what should I do?

I am a 27 employee at a big corporate company. Today My boss (who is 42) asked me these questions: “what’s your sexual orientation? Are you straight or not?”

Then he asked me “was your ex rough/sexually aggressive with you?”

I felt really uncomfortable being asked such person and intimate questions.

What makes things more awkward is that I saw him at my grocery store yesterday and he was just looking straight at me, he kept looking. I look down and look up and he’s staring again. So I went to the cashier to leave and he left, but he didn’t even buy any groceries which was odd.

What do you guys honk about all of this? It’s creeping me out plus he asks me when I prefer to come in for a meeting, to choose a time and let him know, but he doesn’t ask my coworkers when they would like to come in, he just demands them when to come in. and I asked him if I could leave early on mondays, he said “no,no nobody’s allowed to do that” but then the next day he’s like “I’ll see what I can do” and then later he says “you’re free to leave early on mondays now”

Why is he acting this way??

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    I think he's testing to see how far he can go with you. A real man wouldn't ask that!

  • Eva
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    If you are in the US, no boss can ever ask you questions about your sexual orientation. I hope you didn't answer them. A proper response might be "Why do you want to know?"

    Make sure your meetings are during the regular work day when there are other people there. He reconsidered your request, and I see no problem with that. Document his behavior just in case you have to take it to HR.

  • 3 years ago

    I can 100% guarantee you that what he said is considered sexual harassment, and if you want to report him then go to his boss first. If nothing changes and he does this again, then go straight to HR. But keep a record of the dates this all occurred.

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