Nervous about sexual harassment training.

The first step is to learn how to spell the word "harassment".

I have mandatory sexual harassment training for my new job soon. This is the first time I've really done it. There was a short presentation we had to go through at my previous job, and I remember it, but it was so insignificant that it doesn't really count.

This is an actual course, with an expert coming in and outlining what's not acceptable in terms of workplace behaviour.

Do you have any idea what I should expect?

Did you find it triggering? I am feeling fairly uncomfortable about it.

I had a bad experience at my previous job. Our manager at the time was involved in an inappropriate relationship, and found a new job before anyone could confront him about it.

My best friend was also affected by sexual harassment. Every time the offender's name was mentioned, she would get really upset. "I never wanted to work with him again."

She didn't tell me why until a few months after she quit, and she said she was being harassed.

The descriptions of the behaviours that you see in news stories for example are PRETTY confronting, because they're so visual. You can imagine it happening, and then you realise it's happening really close to home.

It also makes you think twice about interacting with your co-workers on a social level, because you have this spectrum in the back of your head.

It's strange being given that kind of instruction from your employer. I'm sure they'll address that, though.

I don't think it makes sense to pull out of it, because I'm only new, and I don't want to draw that attention to myself.

How did you feel about it, the first time you did it?