I fear another aspect may be at issue in your polls. When you ask if it should be always legal to say inappropriate things at work a natural interpretation is: should any individual face criminal/civil penalities for saying inappropriate things at work.
When you ask if it should always be legal to say sexually inappropriate things at work…
I fear another aspect may be at issue in your polls. When you ask if it should be always legal to say inappropriate things at work a natural interpretation is: should any individual face criminal/civil penalities for saying inappropriate things at work.
When you ask if it should always be legal to say sexually inappropriate things at work the salient law is sexual harassment law which imposes torts **on the company** for tolerating sexually inappropriate remarks. Thus, respondents may be expressing their belief that such laws shouldn't be repealed which is consistent with the other outcome.
I fear another aspect may be at issue in your polls. When you ask if it should be always legal to say inappropriate things at work a natural interpretation is: should any individual face criminal/civil penalities for saying inappropriate things at work.
When you ask if it should always be legal to say sexually inappropriate things at work the salient law is sexual harassment law which imposes torts **on the company** for tolerating sexually inappropriate remarks. Thus, respondents may be expressing their belief that such laws shouldn't be repealed which is consistent with the other outcome.