It's a common manipulation tactic that shows up in all sorts of situations at work.
sexually harassed at least 11 female employees and created a “hostile work environment for women.“
In the case of Cuomo, the report detailed how his harassment stole away the professional and personal fulfillment his victims sought from their jobs. As, a former economic development official who said Cuomo kissed her without her consent, put it in the report: “I had worked my whole life to get to a point where I would be taken seriously and I wasn’t being taken seriously and I worked so hard to be some little doll for the Governor of New York, and that was deeply humiliating.
In a statement he released after the report, Cuomo again flat-out denied Bennett’s and the other women’s accusations,, “They ascribe motives I never had. And simply put, they heard things that I just didn’t say.” Cuomo then claimed that his personal questions to Bennett were his way of helping her as a survivor of sexual assault, “to see if she had positive supportive dating relationships.”
Tardy shared the difference between a forgetful, bad boss whom you have to constantly follow up with for answers and a gaslighting boss. “A boss who is gaslighting will make you think that it’s your fault, because you need to figure out how to keep your things at the top of their mind, for you to get your things approved. That to me defines the difference,” she said. “Leaders that don’t take accountability can risk creating a toxic environment that ...
The investigators found that Cuomo’s self-defenses of denials and redirections were not convincing in contrast to the women’s direct, specific retellings. “The Governor’s blanket denials and lack of recollection as to specific incidents stood in stark contrast to the strength, specificity, and corroboration of the complainants’ recollections,” the report concluded.
“It’s always this intangible thing, ‘I need you to wait your turn,’” she said. “It plants that doubt in them when it’s really more to do with not having a strong leader who can be crystal clear to you.”
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