And the criminal conduct allegation was over-stretching the issue, to say the least. This case brings the reality of actual sexual harassment to test, and in this situation it failed. People who know the history remember that sexual harassment law ensued after the women's liberation movement of the 1970s when some women declared both social, economic and sexual freedom. Prior to that time, male managers and supervisors were using their corporate positions to forcing women working under them to trade sexual favors for either job promotion or for the women to retain their jobs. At that time some women actually loved it because the pretty ones had advantage over the homely ones.
Some women love competing with other women for their male bosses' attention.
Even some female movie stars bragged about their determination to getting a role in a movie even if they have to lay on their back. Similarly on the job, some women would not hesitate to use their panties to collect a raise or promotion from their male bosses. This is not to say it was a good thing, because some of the women especially married ones felt forced and had no way to fight back. Things got worse when bosses were trading their secretaries and even married women for sexual favors to their business partners as fringe benefits. However, since the law was in place, women have over-stretched this job offense from anything like giving a nice compliment, to the way a man looks at a woman.