Donald Glover and Rashida Jones Make #TimesUp PSA
by EG
Parks and Recreation star Rashida Jones and Solo: A Star Wars Story star Donald Glover worked together to make a public service announcement in support of the Time's Up movement. The video is meant to help people avoid sexual harassment in the workplace. Keep reading to find out more.
Via Page Six.
Rashida Jones and Donald Glover have teamed up for a Time’s Up PSA targeted at providing a better understanding “of workplace rules of engagement.” The animated video is directed by Jones with Glover providing his voice talents as the narrator.
“Do you simply not know how to behave at work anymore? Fear not,” Glover insists, for the video provides an instructional guide to answer “frequently asked questions about sexual harassment.”
The questions range from “Is it OK to greet your coworker with a deep, full body hug or mouth kiss?” to “Is it OK to tell your coworker that you think they look sexy in their pants?” Both answers are unequivocal “no’s.” However, the video explains how thinking a coworker looks sexy in their pants is fine.
Additionally, the video addresses “where things start to get confusing,” like when it comes to asking someone out at work. Glover cautions viewers to consider questions like “what kind of power dynamic exists” and if “you have a more secure job.” Glover lastly encourages employees to refuse to act as bystanders in the workplace when “you weren’t making the inappropriate comments or doing the groping, but you’ve seen it and you’ve heard rumors.” Instead, he deems that it is your problem, too.
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