The harassment complaint as a power play

September 11th, 2009by: Jennifer

Many people might be surprised to hear that one of my favorite movies about sexual harassment is Pretty Persuasion. It’s a very, very smart, extremely funny (not to mention raunchy) comedy that takes a swipe at pretty much all forms of discrimination. Like any good satire, it makes fun of a problem while highlighting [...]

After Effects

September 6th, 2009by: VANGOGH

The battle rages on between society & myself.
A couple of simple rules; like keep your hands to yourself.
The hierarchy of life & what I think it should be
Can you go AWOL if you aren’t in the army?
Wishing on stars hasn’t gotten me that far
It’s like drowning in a bottomless pit of tar.
Anticipating the gurgle, no [...]

Females supervisors the most likely to be harassed

September 3rd, 2009by: Jennifer

I stumbled across reports today at both MSNBC and Science Daily about the first ever longitudinal study of gender and sexual harassment. ((In case you are unfamiliar with the term, “longitudinal” means the study was done over a long period of time.) The study is called, “A Longitudinal Analysis of Gender, Power and Sexual [...]