Speak Up!

Roger, Wisconsin      
     In 2002, I was working as a consultant for a Chicago based mid-tier IT Consulting and Business Solutions firm. 
     In response to my expressed dislike of a business decision, my manager, knowing I am gay, offered to pull down his pants and let me use his male endowment as a pacifier.   
     Aided by an attorney, [...]

Laura, Ohio 
     I was a manager of a payday  loan service.    I am not a 22 year old “hottie”.  I am in fact a 43 year old mother of three who happens to have an Associates degree in Human Resources and a Bachelor’s in Organizational Management. 
     My harassment began in the second week of January a new [...]

Lynndy    
     When I was a sophomore in High School, two guys whom I thought were my friends began making comments about my figure and how I was just really gorgeous. 
     I was like, “Thanks for the compliments.” 
     But then the next day they both came up to me and started grabbing my breasts and other inappropriate places.
     [...]

Kaitlyn    
     At first, I didn’t think anything of it:  he carried my science book for me, said I was “hot” and kept making kissing faces at me and stuff.  Then it was singing love songs in front of everyone, and “She’s my girlfriend.”  Just annoying.  I thought it was just a crush.
     Then, after I told him [...]

Christina, Illinois    
     I was a recruiter for the National Guard for almost 3 years.  I was never a “sweetheart” and frequently counseled young female soldiers on the dangers of trying too hard to be liked, especially in the Army.
     Around my second year as a recruiter, I was approached by a colleague who told me [...]

Pam, Pennsylvania
     I was already finished with my first year of college and was taking a summer course. From the first day, I had an odd feeling about my professor, and even thought about dropping the class. Well, he said attend every class and he would pass us all, so I ended up going to every class and [...]

Susie, Texas
     In July, I began a new job with the company I have been with for 16 years. My new boss started the same day as me.
     Almost immediately came the “pat on the back” and the “neck rubs.”  This is something most of us are accustomed to, but we know it’s no big deal.  It wasn’t but [...]

C, Georgia  
     My daughter, who is now 18 yrs old, was a victim of sexual harassment when she was just 12 years old and in the 7th grade. 
     She wore sweat pants to gym class, and two boys thought it would be funny to pull them down.  They exposed her to all the students in [...]

Laura 
     I was sexually harassed by a man, my boss, whose license plate read The Big Dog. His wife was the HR Manager. He was my husband’s boss as well. Sounds pretty incestuous I know and there was certainly a conflict of interest. This is probably why I didn’t report it for months. I just [...]

Sara  
     In high school, a pastor’s son became obsessed with having me all to himself and made sexual advances at me, which I rejected.
     He became angry and vowed “if I can’t have her, nobody will.”  His sister even helped trash my reputation by telling him and the entire school that I was a “sex [...]