Too bad if you are born into male gender you won’t have a chance to bask in this kind of financial bonanza. As Mia Hamm once said in a TV commercial, “There’s never been a better time to be a woman” I REALLY AGREE, NO SERIOUSLY. While what this Japanese woman had suffered (if her allegation was true) is truly a hardship, there’s no way that a man can get 20 million dollar in one shot unless you have a huge talent in business or something and work your butt off.
20 million dollar is a kind of money that ordinary people would not earn even in their lifetime, not even close. Out-of-proportion amount for compensatory and punitive damages generally sought in sexual harassment (SH) cases serves many purposes, aside from the plain and too obvious factor that accuser gets rich (who doesn’t want to be rich?). It will finance the whole SH industry, including lawyers, lawfirms, various centers and groups related to SH, it will transfer the money (or “level the field” from male businesses to female-owned entities (the accuser, SH industry), in addition, the large amount of money itself has a sound-bite effect in the newsmedia and help promote their case and agenda.
The sound-bide effect, which is an incidental to the original SH lawsuit, has even far-reaching and long-lasting effect. It will force board or management of the accused company as well as other companies in the business to institute SH industry-approved guidelines on SH in workplace, hire or promote more women in the management. In short, it is the fastest ways to get steps closer to SH industry paradise. The more money you ask, the more you get, not just the money. It is like killing not just two, but three, four, five or even more birds with one stone.
Links:
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2006/09/a_sexual_harassment_lawsuit_fi.html
http://www.nysun.com/article/40110
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