Sexual Harassment Stories and Experiences

SMV, Washington DC
     I was working as a hostess in 2006 at a fine dining Southwestern restaurant in Washington DC that had been in business for 15 years.  Besides being unfathomably rude and utterly chauvenistic, the General Manager of the restaurant (at the time) was very touchy feely. Like myself, he was hispanic and because […]

Miska, Jakarta Indonesia
     I was a victim of SH when I was 8 years old. The worst of it was from my older brother.  He asked me to play in his room, give me interesting book & he ask me to take off my clothes.  Then he would molest me.  After that he always said “DON’T TELL ANYONE […]

Mike, Ontario Canada
     I have a story, and am confused as to what to do. I do not know if it is sexual harassment for it is hard to tell if the woman is a willing participant or not.  It is occurring at a workplace, where the genders are pretty much equal between 8 employees.
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Sue
     Thinking back I think that I’ve been sexually harassed by a few people.  I get really confused when I think about it and a lot of my memories have holes in them. 
     When I was 12, I was harrassed by a camp counselor.  He would make lewd comments to make me feel uncomfortable on purpose.  […]

Laura, New York
     About eleven years ago is when I started working at the company I am still employed by.  I had a supervisor who seemed like a nice single guy who was interested in me.  I liked him and told him so.  He would always ask me about my personal life and hang on every […]

Joey Christine
     I have never told anyone this story, yet I have always kind of felt that I have over reacted. It happend two years ago when I was a senior in high school. 
     I dated a guy and when we broke up his best friend, “Red” took interest in me. We were in the  […]

Kimmi, Texas
     I went to a very small private school in high school. Most classes consisted of 3-10 people. I guess the closeness of everyone is what made it so hard. There was so few people everyone was best friends with everyone else. 
     The harassment started the first year I was there. I was in 8th […]

Tahira, Pakistan
     I am widow with two sons and am a practicing lawyer in Rawalpindi Pakistan. I did my(LL.M)  Masters in law from Kings College University of London in 1991. I would like to share my story of sexual harassment at my workplace, and how it has affected me in my life. 
     I was selected for ******** as a Special […]