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Date Posted: 06:10:49 09/11/06 Mon
Author: An Angry Elf
Subject: Re: Sexual Harassment and Civil Rights 101
In reply to: Secret Santa 's message, "Sexual Harassment and Civil Rights 101" on 19:40:22 09/10/06 Sun

There seems to be a lot of blaming the victim going on here on this chat space. Have any of you been in a situation where someone had power over you, and you were afraid that if you didn't do what they asked, they could hurt you? If not, then walk a mile in someone else's moccasins before you start throwing darts.

Why is it that when women come forward and say that the behavior of a powerful male has compromised their rights and human dignity, everyone jumps to blame the woman - she's a slut, she's been dumped, she's ugly, she's just trying to get attention. Blame flows with responsibility, which flows with power. Not powerlessness. And I'm sorry, but in this world a woman trying to support several children on a part-time job doesn't have a lot of power.


>Sexual harassment is not about sex and romance, it’s
>about power. It’s fine for you to sit back and say
>“she makes choices, live with it” of “she has a bad
>reputation” from the comfort of your anonymous
>armchair. Meanwhile, a woman with children to raise
>on a lousy part-time job with the city was pressured
>into an extremely compromised position out of fear of
>losing her only source of income. What kind of choice
>is that?
>
>People who engage in these kind of twisted and
>perverted power relationships don’t stop at one
>victim. It’s an addiction for them. Like the priests
>who victimize powerless children, they need to be
>stopped. This isn’t a case of guilt or innocence – an
>investigation was done and all of the allegations were
>proven true. By the city attorney. He’s not out to
>protect either the victim or the accused, but rather
>the city. He’s saying that the accused should be
>terminated immediately.
>
>The Supreme Court has held that women have a civil
>right NOT to be treated like sexual playthings by
>their bosses, just like minorities have a right NOT to
>be discriminated against when they apply for jobs or
>housing, and gay and lesbian people have a right to be
>treated like everyone else when it comes to their
>rights and family relationships. If you can’t stand
>up for this case, you’re not standing up for anything
>else either. Wake up. This is a huge issue for
>Newburgh. About time we all stood together and
>stopped this nonsense.

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  • Re: Sexual Harassment and Civil Rights 101 -- Secret Santa, 20:02:17 09/11/06 Mon
  • Re: Sexual Harassment and Civil Rights 101 -- Remember Then (( Cocaine Enemas')), 14:56:53 09/18/06 Mon
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