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”
Category: Women’s Stories
Stories submitted by women in our community.
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.”
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”
Not My Imagination.
I was inappropriately touched by a farm worker when I was six. (It was my family’s farm.) I only vaguely remember the incident (including the memory of… Read more “Not My Imagination.”
The vagrant
I was walking down the road in Roseau, Dominica … me and some girlfriends. We were chatting and laughing, the way teenage girls do. A vagrant came… Read more “The vagrant”
Beer on my head
I was a student at UWI. One night a drunk man at the bar on campus came up to me a started trying to talk to me.… Read more “Beer on my head”