A stranger’s hand on your body. A customer who won’t leave your register. A coworker who hides behind “just kidding.” We go there, because sexual harassment is not a rare horror story, it’s a pattern that shows up in everyday workplaces and gets excused as flirtation, culture, or “that’s just how he is.”

We (Etienne, Heidi, and Jane) trade real experiences from retail and hospitality to the military, nursing homes, and public schools, along with the data that proves how widespread workplace sexual harassment still is. We talk about the confusing gray zones people love to weaponize, like when consensual joking between friends gets misread by someone new, or when friendliness on the job is mistaken for romantic interest. We also dig into the power dynamics that keep people quiet: low wage jobs, customer entitlement, chain of command, tenure pressure, and the exhausting reality of having to “prove” what happened with perfect dates and documentation.

The heart of the conversation is consent and respect. If you’re interested in someone, ask once with basic decency, accept no immediately, and don’t make it weird. If you’re being targeted, we share what helped us in the moment, what we wish workplaces did better, and why speaking up can protect the next person, especially young women and students.

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