n. A sweeping phrase used to describe any range of behavior involving sex, intimacy, or genitalia that is alleged to be inappropriate by the accuser or the speaker. The behavior may be illegal such as extortion, assault and battery, or indecent exposure, but more often it is a legally ambiguous situation where
two consenting adults were involved in the situation until
one participant, usually the woman, seeks to contest the context, unspoken assumptions, or
power dynamics in the circumstance. The disclosing party usually wishes to publicly expose or
air moral qualms with the situation. Whether or not the conduct is truly
wrong depends on ones personal views on matters involving gender roles, sex,
marriage, jocular conduct, and workplace norms. The phrase is closely associated with the #MeToo movement whose proponents call for shifting the balance of
power between genders in the workplace and opponents accuse the movement of being joyless manhaters.
I thought I had a decent role as an actress but then I needed to meet with the producer at his hotel. When he walked into the room wearing only a robe I bolted and then
lost my
job. That’s sexual misconduct!
I was like on this first date with a dude and he didn’t ask if I wanted white or red wine. When we got to his
house he tried to hook up right away win any conversation. After a night of raunchy oral sex I really regretted it. That’s sexual misconduct!
Wow. The anchor of a
morning TV show called *me*, a 21 year old intern, to his office and exposed his
Johnson then walked away. He hasn’t fired me or even acknowledged my existence before or since. That guy is a strange dude and I’d say that was sexual misconduct.
