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Dear Linkedin Family, I have been active on this platform for one year now and receive regular sexual harassment messages. I’ve said it before but apparently not strongly enough: Linkedin is not a dating site! If women make up half the Earth’s workforce, yet we can’t feel safe on Linkedin, there is a big problem. When I tell my male friends, they are schocked and angry. When I tell my female friends, they just nod. Sadly, we women have gotten used to misbehavior. There is nothing wrong with romance, just not on Linkedin! After posting about it occasionally and blocking guys, I saw a problem: The creep I block will just go creep on another woman. Solution: Identify them and warn each other. I decided to set up a safe, female-only space where women can disclose the names so we others don’t fall victim to the same creep. I hope Linkedin company will take these concerns very seriously. We must abolish all sexual harassment on this platform. We are here to network, get jobs, find business partners or vendors, etc. but not for hookups. Please help me spread the word about the group I created called Safe for Women on LI Group and consider joining. Instead of quietly blocking the creep and letting him move on to the next victim, we can end it together. #keeplinkedinsafe
#creeps #linkedindating #linkedinsexualharrassment
I follow this as my guiding philosophy in life. I think it would help people develop unshakable character and character is destiny. Love makes us make the best decisions possible to live up to our highest potential as human beings. These people who have harassed you do not love themselves.
Totally agreed with you krista!
It’s so unfortunate that there are some creeps and bad people out their. I like your solution for the group you are putting together. It is sad you have to go to these links. Good Luck. ??
You are right this platform is not for dates or sex I will support you
Name and shame them? These sexual predators will as you say continue as they are unless something is done to stop them. It’s not appropriate in the workplace and it has no place on LinkedIn. If they understand their actions will have a negative consequence “in real life” then they’ll be more inclined to change their ways.
The woman or man should not be sexually harassed at all. LinkedIn is not a dating site it is a business site to make connections for business. Yes there are comments about many issues and things and that's fine because we all have opinions. If you're attracted to somebody that is on LinkedIn you can ask them if they would entertain the opportunity of having breakfast or dinner at a convenient location. But to harass somebody or sexually harass somebody is a big turn-off and if someone thinks that this is the way to meet a person they are sadly mistaken I like LinkedIn it is a good site and I like connecting with people on LinkedIn. Dan
Im with you! They should be kicked out! #keeplinkedinsafe
Awesome! I am done with it too.
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4 年Girl, I thought I started this hashtag #keeplinkedinsafe but I didn’t know others have also been sharing and experiencing this, as I have! I figured that this was happening to others, but I haven’t seen anything coming across my freed so I created a post!! I am joining you and creating this as a #movement