I agree with Coleman. Moral of the story – don’t put a marker that is group property between your legs and then get upset when someone innocently reaches for it – even without Asperger’s, some guy or gal could do that without even thinking. If the guy meant harm, that is different – or joked about it – that is different … but that does not seem to be what happened. And, if the gal wanted to be moved, her choice! …But, the guy should not be penalized for an innocent mistake.
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Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 11:24 AM
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Subject: Re: inappropriate behavior between teammates
Maybe I'm missing something here but was there a loss of a teachable moment here? It was identified that the student who did the "inappropriate reaching" was high functioning asperger's. Why then was his behavior interpreted as sexual in nature? The plaintiff in this case admitted that she placed a group tool in a sensitive location. I'm thinking if the roles were reversed would the male still be considered in the wrong for placing the maker in such a location?
Here's what I read
1. She placed the marker ( a tool the team was using) between her legs.
2. He reached for it (doesn't say he touched, groped or grabbed).
3. She stopped him, let him know how it made her feel.
4. He "tried to apologize".
5. She was still angry.
6. It was established that he was high functioning asperger's.
7. There also seems to be some lingering discomfort with being the only female in the group.
What I see is an inattention to physical space. I also see an inappropriate placement of a group resource. The exchange seemed to be handle appropriately. They were both adult about it in the she indicated her discomfort and the appropriate behavior she wanted in the future. He apologized (or at least tried to according to her).
I'm tying to understand why it had to escalate to the level where people could no longer work together?
I saw this be cause I'm writing this at a conference session. During the break we getting coffee. As we shuffled down the line the women in from of me stopped as she was waiting for someone to finish with the cream. She right in from of the sweetener. We were engaged in conversation. I reached for the sweetener and accidentally brushed against her. I apologized slowed down and backed off until she had finished preparing her coffee. Then I thought of this situation.
Please help me. Am I missing something?
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Gillette, Meghan T [HD FS] <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hello,
I was just going to ask the same question as Jill. I would highly encourage considering moving the male, not the female. It is not the female who has a “problem” and should be moved – it is the male who exhibited a problem behavior and should be moved. The victim should not have to reconstruct her “life” in the classroom; the “aggressor” should be made to adjust.
My two cents!
Meghan
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Date: Friday, February 17, 2017 at 9:19 AM
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Subject: Re: inappropriate behavior between teammates
Hi Laura,
I'm just curious why you removed the female and not the male who reached for the marker.
jill
Jill L. Atkinson, Ph.D.
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Subject: Re: inappropriate behavior between teammates
Hello Laura - I think you did the right thing – I had this kind of situation years ago and didn’t deal with it quickly enough. (it was a case of 5 women and 1 man, who acted like he was the head of the harem) The students went to the sexual harassment people on campus and I was immediately under fire. We did replace him, but the whole experience created a poison that affected the entire class. Whenever there is anything “sexual” involved, the rules about leaving teams together get changed in a hurry.
Gail Rice, EdD, EdS, RN, CHES
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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:07 PM
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Subject: inappropriate behavior between teammates
Hello -
After using TBL in Intro Psych sections ranging from 80-140 students for the last 10 years, I’ve encountered a new situation that I wanted to share with the group. We finished our first major team activity in class on Wednesday. That evening, I received the following message from one of my students:
Good Evening Dr. Madson,
I wanted to make you aware of an uncomfortable incident that happened to me during today's class. In my group I am the only girl, I am fine with that but today one of my group members made me feel very uncomfortable and did something I see as very disrespectful. While working on our paper ads we were using some markers and I had one that I was using and I had placed it in between my legs because it kept rolling all over my little desk. Following that one of my group members XXXXXXX turned around and tried reaching for it with out even announcing he needed the marker or addressing to me he wanted it. As his hand was reaching toward that area I stopped him and let him know that he needed to ask for it instead of trying to grab from that area which he has no business trying to go near. He tried to apologize but the whole situation made me very uncomfortable and very angry. I let him know that what he did was disrespectful. I am explaining this to you because I no longer feel comfortable working with him or being near him. If there is something we can do please let me know
Based on the advice of local colleagues and my academic dean, I’m going to move the author of the message to a different team. That said, I wonder whether anyone else in the TBL community has encountered a similar situation and how you handled it (e.g., what did you tell the remaining teammates?). Has anyone published any guidelines for dealing with this sort of situations within a team? Also, I suspect that the student who engaged in the unwanted contact is on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum. If so, working in a team was already challenging for this student without throwing in this additional dynamic. I don’t want being respectful of one student’s needs to torpedo the team's or the other student’s chances of success.
All thoughts and suggestions are most welcome!
Thanks in advance,
lm
Laura Madson, Ph.D.
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Department of Psychology
New Mexico State University
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