Oh, yes, that question has been plaguing society for some years now, and I don't think we're any closer to a usable answer now than we were then.
According to current interpersonal communication theory, there are five parts to any communication. There is the Sender, the Message Sent, the Receiver, the Message Received and any Distractors that may get between the Sender and Receiver. Distractors may include actual distractions (such as another conversation), background noise, attitude of the Sender and Reciever, mood of the Receiver and so forth. Ideally, the Message Sent and Message Received will be the same. If it is not, it's usually because of a distractor. In the case of something such as sexual harrassment, current legal thinking is that the Message Sent is irrelevant; only the Message Received matters.
I can't be sure, but I think we've lost about twenty years of social advancement on this issue alone.
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According to current interpersonal communication theory, there are five parts to any communication. There is the Sender, the Message Sent, the Receiver, the Message Received and any Distractors that may get between the Sender and Receiver. Distractors may include actual distractions (such as another conversation), background noise, attitude of the Sender and Reciever, mood of the Receiver and so forth. Ideally, the Message Sent and Message Received will be the same. If it is not, it's usually because of a distractor. In the case of something such as sexual harrassment, current legal thinking is that the Message Sent is irrelevant; only the Message Received matters.
I can't be sure, but I think we've lost about twenty years of social advancement on this issue alone.