Archive for the 'Sexual Harassment Myths-NOT!' Category

I’m worried that this is going to escalate

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Evan
     I’m a male and a junior in college. 
     Well, my freshman year I started receiving email from a girl who seemed to recall seeing me several times.  I replied politely but thought her behavior was rather odd.  Without me having said little more than a short email response, she was giving me gifts– which included [...]

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Everyone knew that it happened only to the boys

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Joe, U.S.
     At my school, there’s a teacher. The odd teacher. We’ll call him Mr. Q. Mr. Q, since day one of journalism class, has sexually harassed my classmates and I. I just feel like I need to say this, to get it off my chest. I need to talk to some more people about [...]

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Sexual harassment is not just a “violence against women” issue

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

     We get a lot of traffic to our site from people looking for information on sexual harassment of men.  Still, men are very slow to speak up about sexual harassment, even though they have always been targets.  Increasingly, they are being targeted by women.    
     The article below was published a few days ago by [...]

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When I finally spoke up, I was demoted from office manger to doing the laundry

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Logen     
     I have recently come out of a hostile work environment where a woman (I am also a woman) would constantly put her arm around me, and ask me about my sexuality.
     When I finally spoke up re this issue I was demoted from office manger to doing the laundry. I was constantly watched, [...]

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I wish people could just realize the impact of their actions on others, and themselves.

Friday, June 9th, 2006

Mathue, Eagle River, AK
When I was a freshman in High School I was sexually harassed. A senior in my Chorus classes decided to play pranks on me early in the school. The “pranks” escalated into sexual gestures, and advances, after only a few weeks. The harassment started in the first few weeks of school and [...]

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Pressures sometimes even men have to deal with

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

Aaron, United Kingdom
     Being a man, I find it very difficult to write my story. Looking at some of the other stories here, I feel like perhaps my experience is not as bad. Still it’s bad for me. All I know is I feel uncomfortable, very embarrassed, and feel like quitting my job.
     I work [...]

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Sexual harassment and stalking by professors from two Houston universities

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

Exhausted, Houston, Tx
     I was about 37 years old when I enrolled at a large university in Houston to explore a new career path and earn prerequisites for graduate school; but instead of starting a new journey, I suffered gender and sexual harassment by a number of professors in several departments.
     Among others, various [...]

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