# From the Memory Hole: Joey, Friends and Sexual Harrassment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508 "2017-11-02T16:23:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508/81 "2017-11-09T14:59:58Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > How about verbal assault? Can I call it that? “Verbal assault” is one of the many forms of sexual harassment. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508/82 "2017-11-09T15:06:54Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > “Verbal assault” is one of the many forms of sexual harassment. So all “verbal assaults” are sexual harassment? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508/83 "2017-11-09T15:19:25Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > So all “verbal assaults” are sexual harassment? Uh, no. Where on Earth did you get that from? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508/84 "2017-11-09T15:26:40Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Uh, no. Where on Earth did you get that from? I’m not getting anything from anywhere. I asked you a question. And you answered. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508/85 "2017-11-09T15:32:31Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > One thing I find notable about _Friends_ is the pervasive anti-intellectualism in it, with everyone (except Ross) constantly mocking anything that had to do with anyone having any interest in having a higher education. Also interesting is [one instance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcNhuHVfz20) where it was assumed that references to _The Lord of the Rings_ would be obscure, which is a bit less relevant today. This bothered me too. I remember the characters (Without Ross) sitting around trying to figure out which countries fought in WWII. The effect was to imply that it’s OK to have such glaring gaps in ones education. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508/86 "2017-11-09T23:46:12Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > So all “verbal assaults” are sexual harassment? No, the ones involving sexually explicit language are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-memory-hole-joey-friends-and-sexual-harrassment/800508.md?page=4)