Speak Up!

Maryan, California
     This happened a year ago, when I was a junior in High School.
     At first I didn’t pay much attention to what was happening. There is a guy who goes to my school. I started seeing him every where I went, i.e. if I went to a store or a burger restaurant. I [...]

Worried High School Girl,  New York
     This past year was my first year in high school.  Admittedly I was very nervous about it due to the fact I am a very quiet girl with a few good friends.
     Now I’m not quite sure when I started to notice that this boy (whom is 3 years [...]

John, United Kingdom
     I am a gay man and want to share my story.
     I was a PhD student and everyone said I could be a great professor or something like that. But everything changed when I went to a small European country to conduct fieldwork. (I was an anthropology major, so I had to [...]

Anonymous, Sydney Australia
     My boyfriend’s step father has been sexually harassing me for over five years.  When no one was around, he would say things like ”You are so good looking. You must have men and women coming onto you all the time.”  He would ask about my sexual success and details about mine and my boyfriend’s [...]

Maggie, California
     I had a problem with a co-worker.  One day he came into the office and said that he had something to confess to me.   He began telling how much he loved me, how he fell in love with me the moment he saw me and that I was beautiful.  He then asked me to [...]

Ann, Florida    
     For the past 3 1/2 years. myself and others in my department have had to deal with our supervisor telling us our clothes are too tight, making comments about being able to see our breasts, just to name a few things.
     He has tried to engage us in conversations about sexual devices and [...]

T, Washington
     I worked in a male dominated profession.  During my one year probationary requirement, my supervisor started making sexual remarks which I dealt with by ignoring the behavior. 
     After a couple of weeks, my supervisor began to show up to my home unexpectedly to talk.  At first, I didn’t know what to think of this [...]

Nikki, Oklahoma
I was in the breakroom at work complaining about sore muscles from working on a difficult line the day before.
“Mike” popped off,  ”You should work on line 5 more often.  It will help you with your saggy boobs.”  He went on and on about how wearing underwire bras doesn’t help and how with a [...]

Patrick, Oklahoma
     I just started a new job and the supervisor continually makes degrading remarks about fellow workers personal odors, sexual preferences, appearances, working habits.
     He is a total locker room bully and this week alone has asked me if I like little boys, have I ever considered a sex change operation, that I have [...]

CPI
     Part of my job as an IT Manager was to monitor Internet usage and conduct investigations when people violated the company policy.  The policy – which everyone had to sign – prohibited visiting websites that were sexual in nature.
     Over the past 4 years, I have seen more porn than I ever cared to [...]