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I was speaking to two women on a conference call last week when our meeting was interrupted by a man who had dropped into their office.  Since the two women were there alone, one of them left the room, while the other carried on with our meeting.  A few minutes later, our meeting was interrupted again when the woman returned to ask her colleague for assistance.  This time, they both left and we could hear their exchange through the intercom as we waited for them to return to our meeting.  By this time, the man appeared angry and frustrated and while we were trying to make sense of what was happening on their end, he eventually stormed out of the office .

Both women were fairly shaken up when they returned to the call.  And what struck me most with this exchange was the extent to which the women had felt a violation in their office.  They quickly began discussing ways to keep themselves safe in the office and even discussed the option of keeping the office door locked at all times in order to filter potential harm. Continue reading →