However, I will say that sexual misconduct has ran rampant in a few of their stores, and obviously these, as well. I worked for them, was a department manager, and found that I was verbally abused by a female worker after she found out I as gay (she said, “too bad he’s a faggot”. I brought it up to her asst. manager, only to find that I was fired shortly thereafter. I had an exemplary work record with them, and was even promoted right before I reported her. I attempted to find the reasons behind my firing, as I was given absolutely NONE, and cooperate REFUSED to inform me of such. Alabama sucks for worker protection.

Furthemore, the store manager was fired a few months later for having sexual relations with the PTC (personal training coordinator – aka glorified human resources rep they have in each Lowe’s store), she was demoted and shipped to another store, and one of the Asst. store managers was fired for not only stealing, BUT also having sexual relations with this same PTC. Turns out, the is the second time this has happened to the former store manager (he was fired from JCP for doing the same thing as a store manager). As for the PTC, she was a total tramp, but fun to hang around.

This is no different than the so called ‘gay panic’ used by homophobes for a century by lawyers and courts to diminish OUR worth as humans.

The sick reality is that Heterosexuals being accused of ‘being gay’ is MUCH MORE TERRIFYING and AWFUL than gays actual being harressed – according to the heteroarchy!

When that attitude changes, we know we will have truly progressed.

I felt safe in that job after that, and that’s what everyone deserves when they’re working. It’s a shame that women are still going through this struggle in the workplace, and it’s stupid that men are now going through the same thing.

This will continue to happen so long as this type of behavior is still accepted as social norms among the young generation. We sometimes joke around with our friends and allow them to say things that nobody else would allow them to say, but that’s permitting ignorance to take root. Ignorance is ignorance, plain and simple… We need a culture shock in this country in order to fix this problem, but sadly that’s nowhere in sight.

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