History Main / SensitivityTraining

* ''ElGoonishShive'', April 11, 2007, [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-04-11 last panel]]

* According to [[RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill Maher]], before a group of firefighters was allowed to help hurricane survivors they were required to attend a 8 hour sexual harassment sensitivity training course. Many would query whether sexual harassment sensitivity training is related to hurricanes and see this as a classic example of {{Political Correctness Gone Mad}}. However, traumatized disaster survivors are extremely vulnerable and easily taken advantage of and aid workers are often in a position of such authority that even the best-meaning agencies have some individuals who will do rather horrible things.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_exploitation_and_abuse_in_humanitarian_response Pleasant nightmares.]]

* ''{{NCIS}}'' toys with the concept every so often, usually in the context of Team Gibbs managing to avoid attending because of a case. The season four episode "Driven" shows them actually attending a sexual harassment awareness lecture, and more specifically why it's probably for the best that they usually miss them.
--> [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Why are you touching dead naked people]]?

--> '''Tony:''' ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext (sees Ziva and McGee stuck in an awkward position)]]'' I believe this is a classic yellow light situation! ''(snaps a picture)''

* In {{Havemercy}} the Dragon Corps gets sensitivity training from Thom after they cause an incident with the Arlemagne diplomat's wife.

* The memorable seminar on RescueMe results in the team listing off every ethnic slur they can think of.

* An episode of ''Andy Richter Controls The Universe'' had the title character made to attend such a class. As it's starting, a man stands up in front of the room and starts stating offensive stereotypes, like, "Jews are greedy. Mexicans are lazy." etc., and Andy muses that the teacher's method of confronting the class bluntly with such views is effective...until the ''real'' teacher comes in, and it turns out the other guy is just another participant in the class, who apparently really needs it.

* In RizzoliandIsles, Jane Rizzoli discovers she is an "equal opportunity offender" because she offends everyone when she is finally forced to go to sensitivity training in the second season episode "Gone Daddy Gone." None of the cops take the sensitivity training seriously. Jane spends most of the episode trying to hide from the sensitivity training instructor; Vince Korsak wants her to go only because he stands to get something out of it if she does go and a cop who had previously gone to sensitivity training is overheard insulting a suspect.

* A possible social program in {{Tropico}} 3 and 4. Makes your soldiers and policemen be less of a drag on your liberty rating, and includes helpful suggestions such as [[BlackComedy "Never hit a civilian where the bruise will show."]].

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* In the ''CornerGas'' episode "Super Sensitive," Karen (a blonde) complained to the mayor about Davis telling dumb blonde jokes at work, so Davis had to attend sensitivity training. He became obsessed with political correctness after this (for example, Karen ordered black coffee and he corrected her by saying, "African-American!"), which Karen actually found more annoying than the blonde jokes.

->"I don't need sensitivity training... [[HypocriticalHumor you strident, power-mad tart!]]"\\

-- '''Dick Solomon''', ''[[ThirdRockFromTheSun 3rd Rock From The Sun]]''

* According to [[RealTimeWithBillMaher Bill Maher]], before a group of firefighters was allowed to help hurricane survivors they were required to attend a 8 hour sexual harassment sensitivity training course.
** Which, given the trauma those people had just gone through, was probably a good idea.
*** How is sexual harassment sensativity training related to hurricanes?
**** Traumatized disaster survivors are extremely vulnerable and easily taken advantage of.
***** And aid workers are often in a position of such authority that even the best-meaning agencies have some individuals who will do rather horrible things. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_exploitation_and_abuse_in_humanitarian_response Pleasant nightmares.]]
***** But does anyone in these classes ever blurt out: "Holy shit, you mean molesting disaster victims is ''wrong??''" Come on, people; if someone's that much of a CompleteMonster, sensitivity training isn't going to stop them.

***** And aid workers are often in a position of such authority that even the best-meaning agencies have some individuals who will do rather horrible things. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_exploitation_and_abuse_in_humanitarian_response Pleasant nightmares.]]

* Season one of ''{{Angel}}'' had the LAPD doing this. However, it was a ploy by Wolfram & Hart to disrupt to LAPD so a crime boss would be released.

The sensitivity instructor tends to be a MisplacedKindergartenTeacher who cheerfully throws out slogans like "labels disable". If male, the instructor will probably give off a bit of a CampGay vibe.

* Needless to say, the bastions of the 1st Amendment, Penn and Teller, mocked and argued against the idea in their show Bullshit. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR2f9fSbu0&feature=related Here]] is their (rather Penn's) summary of the show.

* ''SomethingPositive'': Peejee was the only person in her department who passed the sexual harrassment seminar. Then she was sexually harassed by the instructor. Then the instructor was eaten by a Canadian Trap-door Alligator. Yeah, it's that kind of comic.
** There was an earlier arc at Davan's work where the seminar was called "Only vain, ugly bitches nobody likes file sexual harrassment claims" or something like that.

* ''{{NCIS}}'' toys with the concept every so often, usually in the context of Team Gibbs managing to avoid attending because of a case. The season four episode "Driven" shows them actually attending a sexual harassment awareness lecture, with comical results.

* One troper had to endure one such course that was apparently geared to either grade-school children (and this ''was'' at a company that did not hire under-18s) or those whose [=IQs=] do not exceed body temperature. Many of the examples had the troper shaking her head and wondering, "And just ''what'' employable adult would consider doing this on the job acceptable in the first place?" She actually did ask the "trainers" whether any of the examples were real. It was claimed that ''all'' were drawn from real events.
** "There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former." This troper wishes to assure you that all such training is like that.
** Also, it could easily be a matter of liability. Including examples like those prevent anybody from claiming that they were not included; as one comic I read noted regarding OSHA-compliant evil lairs, they look stupid doing it, but they'd be liable if they didn't.
** On the plus side, getting the chance to play the role of the "Bad Example" at one of these otherwise wastes of time is a LOT OF FUN!!

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** "There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former." [[{{Night}} This Troper]] wishes to assure you that all such training is like that.