Comments on: what IS sexual harassment? http://sash.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/what-is-sexual-harassment/ Discussing sexual harassment in an educational setting - information for and by students Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Sasha http://sash.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/what-is-sexual-harassment/#comment-6 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:05:47 +0000 http://sash.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/what-is-sexual-harassment/#comment-6 I'm very sorry about what you had to go through. I suffered the same indignity in the bus once, when a man harassed me. I quickly got off at the next stop, despising myself and wishing that I'd done something more. However, I'm very disappointed that we still cannot forget the race / ethnicity frame of reference. What does it matter whether the man was Indian / Malay / Chinese / Caucasion / African? Unfortunately, our country, with its segregated policies, have done much damage to our minds in the sense that we still see the need to look at things from an ethnic / racial point of view. I’m very sorry about what you had to go through. I suffered the same indignity in the bus once, when a man harassed me. I quickly got off at the next stop, despising myself and wishing that I’d done something more.
However, I’m very disappointed that we still cannot forget the race / ethnicity frame of reference. What does it matter whether the man was Indian / Malay / Chinese / Caucasion / African? Unfortunately, our country, with its segregated policies, have done much damage to our minds in the sense that we still see the need to look at things from an ethnic / racial point of view.

]]> by: Dahlia http://sash.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/what-is-sexual-harassment/#comment-4 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:17:24 +0000 http://sash.blogsome.com/2006/03/04/what-is-sexual-harassment/#comment-4 Right with you on kids needing to be educated on sexual harassment. I remember as an eight-year-old living in Australia being followed around a bookshop by a man who promptly unzipped his pants everytime I came to a stop. I also remember feeling no need to tell my parents or anyone else about the man flashing me. Not until I casually mentioned it to my Dad a few hours later; the outrage on his face told me instantly that it was definitely a big deal. Sexual harassment is really not about what you wear; I was a kid, it'd be ridiculous to say I somehow asked for it. I think filing sexual harassment under the whole "boys will be boys" line is as much an insult to the male gender as it is an excuse for behaviour that should not be tolerated. Right with you on kids needing to be educated on sexual harassment. I remember as an eight-year-old living in Australia being followed around a bookshop by a man who promptly unzipped his pants everytime I came to a stop. I also remember feeling no need to tell my parents or anyone else about the man flashing me. Not until I casually mentioned it to my Dad a few hours later; the outrage on his face told me instantly that it was definitely a big deal.

Sexual harassment is really not about what you wear; I was a kid, it’d be ridiculous to say I somehow asked for it. I think filing sexual harassment under the whole “boys will be boys” line is as much an insult to the male gender as it is an excuse for behaviour that should not be tolerated.

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