It makes sense that women who are invested in the movement — are invested in having greater conversations and greater solutions to things like sexual harassment and sexual assault — would be hyperaware of the potential political and cultural discourses that could interrupt that process.
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Bryce Walker: Listen, Laura, you ever want to swing the other way... Laura: You'd be the last person I called. Right before the police.
This is so very important. People with intellectual disabilities are sexually abused at SEVEN TIMES the rate of non-disabled people. Education & empowerment is key to helping them protect themselves & recover.
There’s sexual harassment over here and you shouldn’t conflate it with rape. Which is true; those are two very different things. But they’re on the same spectrum. Sexual harassment is like the gateway drug. It’s the entry point.
I don’t think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with.
No one is saying men can't have opinions about sexual harassment. (IF ONLY) Just that women's opinions about something that disproportionately impact them are more important. It's not difficult: the person who has to deal with an issue on a daily basis is more of expert than someone who never has to…
Most of all - there is nothing 'frail' about coming forward to talk about abuse. That shit is hard and brave.
Our standard for sexual behavior has to be more than what’s legal or illegal - it needs to be about what’s right. I’m sure we’re going to hear lots of stories in the coming months about actions that aren’t against the law, or that don’t warrant repercussions. That doesn’t mean that women weren’t hur…
The notion of affirmative consent did not fall from space in October 2017 to confound well-meaning but bumbling men; it was built, loudly and painstakingly and in public, at great personal cost to its proponents, over decades.
I’ve chosen to financially empower myself so that I never have to be ducking predators and chasing trophies.”
There is something that’s changed: Suddenly, men have to think about women, our inner lives and experiences of their own behavior, quite a bit. That may be one step in the right direction.
In some of these conversations, we spent hours teasing out how these men, many of whom we knew to be intelligent and capable of real kindness, could behave so crudely and cruelly toward us. And this is another toll that sexual harassment can take on women: It can make you spend hours dissecting the…
Like a lot of feminists, I think about how women can build power, help one another, and work toward justice. But it is less common for us to examine the ways we might wield the power we already have. Among the most potent of these powers is the knowledge of our own experiences.
Even in this 'new moment' I assure you that women are still missing out on professional opportunities to avoid being around abusers and rapists.
If you’re not safe at work, you can’t do your job. Harassment-free companies are WAY more productive. Stopping sexual harassment at work doesn’t just make sense, it makes $$$.
Sexual harassment is apolitical. Women will not be silenced no matter what party they are in. Period.
We just want to be believed. We aren’t asking for special treatment. We just want to hear, “We believe you.” Because 99.9% of us aren’t lying. We are survivors, not victims. We just want to work & not be abused while on our path.
We are not trying to bring down men! We are exposing the men who got in our way at work. We are not complaining about flirtatious men. We are complaining about men who stonewalled us for not putting out. We just want to work. Let us work and leave us alone. Trust me on this.
If I seem merciless, it's because I am. Mercy is reserved for the deserving, not the perpetrator.
He took it out.