Thread by @rightsofwomen

🧵Should NDAs be banned for sexual harassment in the workplace cases?🧵

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@ZeldaZeldaluna @ProfJulieMac @GeorginaCLee @ArpitaDutt1 @Bethmcp "NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) are being misused."

@ZeldaZeldaluna speaks on the realities of her and others the @cbmsilence campaign hears from experiences of signing non-disclosure agreements.

@ZeldaZeldaluna @ProfJulieMac @GeorginaCLee @ArpitaDutt1 @Bethmcp @cbmsilence .@GeorginaCLee argues "we need to consider what it is we're asking for if we suggest a complete ban on NDAs."

"My concern is what we are doing imposing a public interest on the individual. I think it's for the individual and the parties and third parties to decide."

@ArpitaDutt1 on if third parties should monitor NDAs.

@ArpitaDutt1 "The story I hear is that the individual just wants the matter to go away, they're not even sure they want to complain. What they're really worried about & that reason can often be a trigger to an internal complaint is they don't want this to happen to anybody else." @ArpitaDutt1

"If you look at this on a really basic level there is just nothing appropriate about using a contract to hide something harmful." @ZeldaZeldaluna @cbmsilence

"I've yet to see an account where an employee felt empowered or protected by a claim."

@ProfJulieMac @cbmsilence quoting the account of a signatory of an NDA.

"When people push back they find they can walk away without an NDA because it's a bluff. Because what theses folks don't want in the first place is publicity." @ProfJulieMac @cbmsilence

"I totally acknowledge that NDAs are potentially damaging, or feel potentially damaging for employees." @Bethmcp

"But I think in some circumstances it provides comfort to the individual, that something which is very personal to them, very very traumatic, isn't going to get out in the public domain." @Bethmcp

"I do think it's important to note, the people that @ZeldaZeldaluna and I talk to are looking back at this months later, and every single one of them regrets." @ProfJulieMac @cbmsilence

"I don't think victims really ever want to go public. It's not about going public, it's about stopping the behavior." @ZeldaZeldaluna @cbmsilence

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