Sexual Harassment Stories and Experiences

Scared Grace, Texas
     After over a year in an abusive relationship, I left for good. Never to return.  I moved in with a girlfriend who had a spare room, and tried to move on with my life.   
     One night, I came home late from a night out.  I walked into my bedroom, turned on the light and found my […]

Valerie, Illinois
     In the winter of ‘01, I was working as a bartender in  Texas. An older man began coming in every day, but no one ever talked to  him. He was a bit unkempt, nervous, unshaven, long-haired, and I felt a  little sorry for him. So, I struck up a conversation with him one […]

V, Oklahoma   
     I’ve been unlucky enough to be stalked twice. 
     The first was a fellow student in college piano class.  His parents knew mine, but I was unaware of his existence beyond the kid that sat at the back.  His father came in where my mother worked, excited that this guy and I were going […]

Nikki, Connecticut
     I just started a new job at a large agency. Within a couple of weeks I noticed a male coworker constantly walking by my office and staring in. At first I thought, “OK, you’re a woman, men stare” or “OK, you’re new, people are curious as to who you are.” But then I noticed […]

Randy, North Carolina   
     I was harassed by a nurse who was doing therapy on my neck at my doctor’s office.   The nurse started flirting with me, touching me inappropriatally in a suggestive way, smiling at me in a way to lead me on.  She went through my personal medical records began calling my house and hanging up when […]

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 […]

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 […]

Kim, Massachusetts 
     It started with the interoffice IM system. I got IM’s from a kid that said I was the woman of his dreams and I was beautiful. I told him I have a boyfriend and I wasn’t looking for anyone there.  I kept turning all conversation to work.  He continued to IM me and […]

Kim, Massachusetts 
     It started with the interoffice IM system. I got IM’s from a kid that said I was the woman of his dreams and I was beautiful. I told him I have a boyfriend and I wasn’t looking for anyone there.  I kept turning all conversation to work.  He continued to IM me and […]

Rachel, Delaware
     I was 12 years old, and was walking over to a girlfriends house 7 blocks down from me.
     On my way a Jeep thing like car pulled over next to me.  I gave the man a nervous smile and walked on.  In retrospect I think that that was a huge mistake! He starts […]