Honest answer
If she is his fucking superior then she should act like it, rather than running off to HR etc. first she should confront the individual and explain that while she is happy for humour in the work place she also expects respect for the position she is in and does also want questions answered.
Running off to make a complaint weakens her position if she doesn't try to confront it first.


Just my opinion of course
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 6 May 2014, 9:27, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

She did make it apparent that his attitude was unacceptable, repeatedly, but he refused to retract it
or answer the question. The issue is that he's utterly disrespectful of her superiority. My advice was for her to drag him into a room and give him an ear-bashing, so I do agree with you.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 6 May 2014, 9:31, Reply)

Fair enough,
I would always say to try and confront it first, purely because if he is that type of dickhead then he will see it as running crying to HR and while he will get a bollocking it is a moral victory over the "weak" woman.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 6 May 2014, 9:48, Reply)

This.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Tue 6 May 2014, 9:33, Reply)