悠遊太平洋西南嶼

Perhaps it was the aspiration to accumulate three times of speaking in class that urged me to raise my hand, I spoke for the second time in MacKinnon's Sex Equality.

My question was about the employer liability for other supervisors' sexual harassment. I was wondering if we can put employer liability under the context of "contract." For example, the employer has the obligation to provide a non-hostile environment for employees, so that when a sexual harassment occurs, the employer can be charged with breach of contract. Then, there is no need to use "vicarious liability" to hold the employer to be liable for sexual harassment in workplace.

I saw MacKinnon nodding when she was listening to my question. Maybe she also marked another check beside my name, which was exactly what I expected her to do (haha~). And then, she started to answer: "Yes, it could. If it is the requirement by labor law, or if some unions make it part of the contract. However, in the US, there is no such requirement. Many countries have such requirement, but in the US, no." (She didn't speak that simple, but as far as my memory concerned, I could only remember this much.)

Do not think that my English listening has get improved. After MacKinnon answered my question and the other students began to jump into discussion, I was totally lost again!! Not until she went to the new topic, lesbian and gay rights, did I catch a small amount of the lecture. Sigh~

Anyway, I am still happy about speaking today. Now, I am looking foward to the third chance. Go Go Go!!