Can women be sexual harassers? The gender double-standard in confronting sexual abuse and harassment

October 26th, 2006by: Jennifer

BBC, United Kingdom- After politely but firmly refusing the advances of customer Elizabeth Sykes, 38-year-old Mike (McPherson) became the target of an harassment campaign.
“I had to explain to her, ‘Look I’ve got a young family, I’ve got a position and a job that I would never compromise,’ but it just spurred her on.”
After insisting they [...]

tags: Confronting the Problem, Sexual Harassment Myths author: Jennifer comments: 3 Comments

Revisiting “North Country”

October 16th, 2006by: Jennifer

As this is the inaugural post of the new blog, (grin), it seemed most fitting to open things up with some comments about North Country, since many people are still somewhat abuzz about this since it opened last fall. I first saw the film during its opening weekend, but couldn’t really cough up anything particularly [...]

tags: Effects of Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment Law author: Jennifer comments: 3 Comments