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Sexual Harrassment at Work

I have been looking over the most recent EEOC cases from Jan 2006 downwards to 2005, and something struck me as alarming for women of all ages and nationality everywhere. It's a pattern of sexual harassment and sometimes violence perpetrated against females. The most common instances where women experienced such acts were when the female was in a subservient position in the place of work, and when women number less than the men in the company. It's as if the male (or sometimes a female) person of higher authority and influence has to make certain everyone in the company understands the power that he or she yields over them.

Women more than men are the victims simply because it is the women who fall into subservient roles in society. Many women whatever the age are given less opportunities to advance themselves through education. Thus they are likely to hold jobs in the service industry as waitresses, food servers, call center representatives, sales clerks, cashiers... The worst of these acts are perpetrated against those not only female but also non-White, non-English speaking, and belonging to the lower classes.

It's amazing how their tormentors have gone to great lengths to express their bias and prejudice against these women. Some even reached the point of attempting murder on a woman whom they perceived as a threat. Derogatory terms notwithstanding these women also were exposed to lewd and lascivious conduct from obscene propositions and indecent exposure to breast grabbing and unwanted sexual advances. The tormentors do not choose the age. Victims were as young as 13 or 14 and as old as 75. By virtue of their powerlessness these women are marked as targets of sexual harrassment and violence.

To read the EEOC sexual harassment cases where women are primarily involved, go to Women Channel: In The Courts.

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