This story is about Katie Piper, a former model in the U.K whose face was destroyed by an acid attack orchestrated by her former boyfriend and a friend of his. (This was on 20/20 last week)

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/KatiePiper/model-burned-acid-attack-rebuilds-life/story?id=9502972

Also, submitted to our own forum, an attempted acid attack on a stalking victim. He didn’t succeed, but the point is he tried. Another story from the United Kingdom

http://sexualharassmentsupport.org/speakupse/2009/07/07/acid-stalker/

Granted, these are not stories from the U.S. But I’ll bet the U.K. has the same denial about their moral superiority.

The Times of India reported a few days ago another suicide. H B Mamata, a nurse, killed herself by ingesting “a large number of chloroquine tablets.” She did this to escape chronic harassment by Dr. Harish, the medical officer at Bilikere Primary Health Centre(PHC) were Mamata was employed. According to police, Harish made constant sexual overatures to Mamata, whose complaints were ignored by her employer. Even after she was transferred to another clinic, Dr. Harish continued his pursuit, even threatening her “with dire consequences if she failed to heed to him.” At no time were any discipline or punishments were ever doled out to Dr. Harish by the PHC. Source

Mamata took her own life on Thursday, January 8, 2010.

I can tell you right now that medical systems in the U.S. is just as negligent. When I was employed by hospitals, they were not even requiring doctors to attend sexual harassment workshops, viewing this as only necessary for the less educated employee. (So far, 10% of our survey respondents were sexually harassed by a doctor.) In most cases, all abuse of employees by doctors was ignored. Doctors are viewed as godly (even though I never met one that wasn’t deeply flawed) and you are expected to just take what they dish out, regardless.

In fact, we are so hesitant to hold doctors accountable for their abuses, that we keep blaming the healthcare crisis on insurance companies, and seem to ignore the fact that Healthcare is a profit-driven business, with doctors and hospitals being as greedy, and often as corrupt, as Wallstreet. How can you respect a man or woman who maxes out the insurance of a patient who is expected to die so that they can still make as much money as possible. It’s disgusting.

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http://www.stalkingawarenessmonth.org/

Arab women are underpaid compared to men, just as U.S. women are. Moreover, Arab women are often expected to submit to sexual attention and advances to succeed on the job, or keep their jobs, just like women in the U.S.

From the Arab News: Sexual harassment main hindrance for women job seekers