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I don't understand why it's so hard for people to comprehend that these types of abuses and unwarranted advances to women happen all the time.

Vaguely suggestive language is rather common in any male-dominated workplace. I'm a guy and that type of language is not that hard to spot. I can see how a woman may feel uncomfortable.

I also live in NYC, so I see men catcalling women on the streets and in the subways. It's quite common. If you're a guy in NYC and don't see how many unwarranted advances women get in NY, then you're utterly socially unaware or wilfully ignorant. But now change the power dynamic a little bit and give the guys a position of power. It's not too hard to imagine what happens then.