A Sexual Etiquette Guide

For advice on how to deal with unwelcome attentions in the office, TIME consulted etiquette experts Letitia Baldrige and Judith Martin (Miss Manners). Their counsel:

Your supervisor asks you for a date despite the fact that you have already refused him once. How do you politely say no in a strong enough way that he won't ask you a third time?

BALDRIGE: It's not a time to be mealymouthed. You should say, "I enjoy working for this company, but I am not going to go out with you." You have to make it perfectly clear that you will not have any...

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