Posted on January 26, 2008 by Lara
Read “Mexico City Introduces Women-Only Buses to Deter Groping.” I don’t know what it’s like in your country, but here in the U.S. it seems that taking real steps against street harassment is faintly gauche. There’s a subtle attitude that “hey, the occasional jerk is unfortunate, but nice women toughen up and put up [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2007 by Lara
Definition of Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment: Persistent and unwanted sexual advances or sexualized environment, whether overt or covert; sexually-based and gender-targeted behaviors that ordinary people find disturbing or frightening.
Types of sexual harassment, according to several sources, include (but are not limited to):
Street harassment
Workplace harassment
Initiations or hazing rituals
Retaliatory harassment (against a complainant)
Many resources have already been listed [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2007 by Lara
[Originally posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 4:46 PM PDT]
Check out this source document from the U.S. Department of Justice for an excellent study on rape on college campuses. It was put out jointly through the National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Particularly, check out:
the intro on page 5 [...]
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