I don’t know if this counts as discrimination but I know that I feel confused and violated. Many years ago, there was a guy in my class… Read more “It’s not rape but it’s not right”
But in my 20s I remember the sense of intimidation and fear that ran through me every time I passed a group of boys or men on the street. Would they just say “good morning” or “good afternoon” in that I’m-a-nice-guy way or would there be something disgusting today?
verbal and nonverbal behaviors that convey insulting, hostile and degrading attitudes to women – is just as distressing for women victims as sexual advances in the workplace.
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Harassment is punishable by law!
A person who pursues a course of conduct which amounts to harassment of another and which he knows or ought reasonably to know amounts to harassment of the other is guilty… Read more “Harassment is punishable by law!”
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Abuse, molestation, sexual harassment, they haunt.
It was a morning like any other in 2005, except for the fact that on my way to work and as I approached Chacon Street, Port of… Read more “Abuse, molestation, sexual harassment, they haunt.”
Some women do not characterize their sexual victimizations as a crime for a number of reasons (such as embarrassment, not clearly understanding the legal definition of rape, or not wanting to define someone they know who victimized them as a rapist) or because they blame themselves for their sexual assault.
From The Sexual Victimization of College Women (see link or click photo)
Can’t Speak Up at Work
Years ago, when I was a new employee, the first day I arrived one of the senior men in the organisation came up to me to introduce… Read more “Can’t Speak Up at Work”
When women are asked to believe they are “gifting” their sexuality, the pleasure and power in it is lost, and the potential for female sexual agency is removed. Sex is many things to many people, but the last thing it should be is part of a barter system to acquire respect and admiration.
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