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Who is the Sexist Here?

Tamara Klopfenstein seems to be a sexist:According to court papers, Klopfenstein worked for six weeks as a part-time receptionist and data entry clerk. In her suit, she claims that the office environment was tinged with sexism .... After just a few weeks on the job, Klopfenstein claims that a male co-worker invited her to lunch in an e-mail that said "I feel bad you have been working here for a couple of weeks and we haven't gotten to know each other yet." In her deposition, Klopfenstein testified that she found the invitation "very offensive" because "there is no reason why a man and a woman should go out to lunch together without any other party around. To me that's a date."Not to me, or most other men in the 21st century...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).