I was lucky…

I was lucky. Throughout my childhood and teenage years, I never experienced any kind of inappropriate sexual pressure or abuse. But as a young professional, when I was about 24, an older client of the company I worked for expressed unwanted and inappropriate interest in me. I was married. He was at least 30 years older than I was. My company actually suggested I should tolerate and go along with this interest because he was an important client. I was stunned and insulted. I told them in no uncertain terms I found the man utterly repulsive and would not tolerate any unwanted attention. I remember them saying it would not be good to embarrass him. I replied that he had already embarrassed himself, and it was not my problem. I held my ground and happily, there were no repercussions for me. They knew what they were asking me to do was wrong, and when I stood up to it they had no ground to stand on.