Maher Says We Need to Stop Treating Workplace Romance as Equivalent to Sexual Assault (Video)

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circumstances are as was reported, was not only out of proportion, it shouldn’t have happened at all — and that it actually makes things worse because it treated a consensual relationship as though it was sexual assault.From there, Maher made a lengthy argument in defense of office romance if only, he argued, because work is where people spend most of their time and are most likely to meet other people.“Now that Americans are finally returning to the office after the pandemic, let’s let them f—,” Maher joked as he kicked it off. “Not necessarily right on the copy machine, but, you know, in general.”Maher brought up Udoka next. “Now, for sure, not all of the facts about this case are known.

And if it turns out he was violent, or physically coercive, then his case has nothing to do with what I’m about to say , and he should expect the appropriate, and severe punishment,” Maher said.“But, in general, it’s long overdue that America had an adult review” of what Maher called “our war on office romance.”“There’s only a few places where Americans meet each other in person anymore: Work, bars, church, and Adam Levine’s house,” Maher quipped.Maher noted that as far as the Udoka case is concerned, all reporting indicates it was consensual. “I shouldn’t even be reading about it.

What people do that is intimate and consensual is not my business, not yours, and not that f—ing little leprechaun,” Maher added, referring to the Celtics’ mascot.From there, he got into how the impropriety of the relationship Udoka had involved a power imbalance with whomever he had a relationship with.

He noted that coercive and abusive situations are bad. “But to deny two humans the chance to find love because they work in the same office is a bit.