But there’s a possible step that isn’t widely discussed: Men who lose their jobs over harassment, particularly those in top-level positions, can still get big financial payouts. (Some ousted men do not appear to have received severance packages, including AlterNet’s Don Hazen, Long Wharf Theatre’s Gordon Edelstein and NPR’s Michael Oreskes.) So is former Democratic Rep. John Conyers, who allegedly made sexual advances, including requests for sex acts, to female staff. A woman who is being harassed may also be offered a severance payment, and choose to take that rather than risk a painful lawsuit she might lose. Conyers also made a payment of about $27,000 to a former aide who accused him of harassment.

Source: Huffington Post February 27, 2018 05:15 UTC