What's your take on sexual Harassment? Have you been harassed? Or maybe someone you love has been. Either way, this form of aggression affects the lives of many. So many people, the vast majority being women, have been hurt by someone who couldn't take no, nor a hint, and overstepped bounds.
How many women may you ask? Well, 1 of 6 women will experience either an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime, whereas for men, the odds are 1 of 33. Each year 18,900 men and women in the military, 80,600 inmates, and 321,500 children and adults over the age of 12 have experienced a form of rape or sexual harassment.
The fact that this is an issue so prevalent in an intelligent society speaks volumes for how their is a system stacked against those who are seen as “weaker” by another individual. This is often due to sexism and misogyny, which is still unfortunately an issue.
The occupations with the highest concentration of sexual harassment are the following
1-Business (banking, trade, etc.)
2-Sales and Marketing
3-Hospitality
4-Civil Service
5-Education
These are occupations that are dominated by men in areas of power, and power sure is corrupting.
Men experience plenty of sexual harassment as well of course, the issue however is how society then perceives a man who openly admits to being hurt that way. These men are then dealing with others who think that, for whatever reason, these men should have been happy about the contact, or should have had the power to stop it. So, many cases of sexual aggression towards men are left unreported, and so the numbers stay low.
The overall percentage of cases has however, dipped by 60% since the early 1900s. As a people and society, we are becoming more educated, but some of that focus should be put towards emotional intelligence. Those who better understand and empathize with others are less likely to commit atrocities.
-Val Bates
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