15 March 2010

Woman turns down sex

and the man in whose home she works (it's not clear to me whether she works for him) tries to have her fired.

Story here.

The reason I'm posting it on this blog is that the man is disabled, the woman is a nurse, and she apparently witnessed other nurses having sex with him.  When she refused, he claimed she was "unfit" to continue working in his home.

A (the? her?) nurses' union is starting a campaign called "I Draw The Line Here," against the expectation that patients should be able to demand sex from nurses, saying that "This type of action is not part of the job responsibilities of carers and nurses."

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