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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
TAMPA -- County Commissioner Kevin White's former aide sued the county in state court today. Alyssa Ogden previously had filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accusing White of sexual harassment. She alleged White repeatedly approached her romantically, beginning within days of her hiring in April 2007, and said she was fired in November for rebuffing his...
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HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
May 15, 2008 Source: ScienceDaily Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment -- but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings....
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sexy Morocco (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Sexual harassment artists in Morocco, entered the circle of silent, live and shadow areas, between artistic circles, a phenomenon that is trying to have art in their different artistic race Assadol curtain them, for various reasons and different stand on some of this file, most notably fear of the artistic Rating Within the red lines or suspicious, especially art, in the finest cultural orientations,...
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Nine of 10 teen girls report experiencing sexual harassment, and majorities also say they have received discouraging comments about their abilities in school and athletics, according to a new study that appears in the May/June issue of the journal Child Development.
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still experience sexism and sexual harassment -- but cultural factors may control whether they perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings. Older girls and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds experienced more sexism than their peers. Latina and Asian American girls reported less harassment...
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WebMD (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Despite strides in gender equality most teenage girls continue to experience sexual harassment at home, school, and on the playing field.
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
... Holly Kearl, a George Washington University graduate whose master's thesis focused on street harassment, conducted an anonymous email survey of some 225 women and found that 98 percent of respondents experienced some form of street harassment at least a few times, while about 30 percent reported being harassed on a regular basis. "For me, anyone who interrupts my personal space to...
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DREAMZUNLIMITED (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
No matter what Harry or Susan says, there is always an element of sexual tension whenever the opposite sexes work together - no matter how big a hermit you claim to be. But where do we draw the line where it is not flirting and just plain Sexual Harassment as Michael Douglas found the hard way in Disclosure ? UK recently passed new laws ( LINK LINK2 ) to protect employees from...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls. While girls were harassed more frequently, boys were indirectly yet negatively affected through a school climate that tolerates the harassment of girls.The study, led by Alayne J.
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NDTV (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Most boys are quite distressed when they see frequent harassment of girls, a new study has found. The University of Illinois study found boys a
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Girls are harassed more frequently, but boys are indirectly, yet negatively, affected via a school climate that tolerates harassment, a U.S. study said. Study leader Alayne J.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The Delhi High Court recently stated that a man can be accused of sexual harassment at workplace even in cases where the misconduct has been committed outside the office premises.
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Death By 1000 Papercuts (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The Weather Channel is front and center these days with news of a sexual harassment arbitration and civil lawsuit involving two former co-anchors and the Weather Channel plus an impending multi-billion dollar sale of the channel. Hillary Andrews While an arbitration may initially seem like a good way for employees to settle claims , meteorologist and former co-anchor Hillary Andrews,...
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Buckeye State Blog - Comments (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Sexual harassment is not a crime. It's a civil action. Some crimes may be classified as sexual harassment, like rape or criminal stalking. In those cases, the perpetrator is not charged with sexual harassment, he is charged with the crime--like rape or criminal stalking.
