Fire him.  Period.  He&#x27;ll do this to someone else who might not report it.<p>Anyone who calls a woman a milf to her face has NO respect for women, and will cause problems with women at the company in 1000 other small ways (and possibly big ways).<p>Be that guy that says he&#x27;s not going to let this shit slide, and then actually follows through.<p>Of course the woman said she doesn&#x27;t want to cause trouble... she&#x27;s trying to cover her own ass to make sure that you&#x27;re not going to get mad at her (yes, I&#x27;m sure it crossed her mind).  She reported it to you for a reason.  Because it was <i>completely</i> unacceptable.<p>Fire him.  Fire him.  Fire him.<p>And then explain to the rest of the company <i>exactly</i> why he was fired.  And that you&#x27;re not going to tolerate that behavior.  You can leave out details of who and why, even white lie if there&#x27;s only one woman on the team, that it was a friend or something...<p>If you work in a state without at-will employment, you might need to talk to a lawyer... hopefully your HR team can help you figure out the safe way to do it.  But do it. Even if it&#x27;s not safe. Do it because it&#x27;s the RIGHT thing to do.