Greetings Katherine and all,


I have little doubt that women are subjected to far more sexual harassment than men, although the discussion, as I understand it, is about attire and levels of formality between teachers and students.

That said, I do wonder what the proportions of male vs. female sexual harassment are in a corporate setting in which women hold positions of power and men report to them.  A few incidences of female teachers harassing their male students have made the news.

On another note - and this is actually more the purview of psychology than literacy, perhaps - might there be any differences in the emotional impact of men being harassed sexually vs. women?

Michael
 
Michael A. Gyori 
Maui International Language School 
www.mauilanguage.com




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From: Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt <katherine.gotthardt at gmail.com>
To: The Diversity and Literacy Discussion List <diversity at nifl.gov>
Sent: Wed, October 21, 2009 5:03:43 AM
Subject: [Diversity 1127] Re: Get dirty in street clothes, maybe have a beer with parents and at least act like a human being...

When I think in terms of sexual harassment, I think mostly of women being harassed.  Sorry to say, this is a statistical reality, no matter what the woman is wearing.


On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Michael Gyori <tesolmichael at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello Bertie and all,

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>So women can dress in a masculine fashion in a corporate setting, but men cannot dress in a femine manner.  You are right, Bertie. That said, is the corporate domain the one we should single out?  In it, there is, in my opinion, an almost surreal effort underway to emasculate women.  

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>That's a world I don't wish to participate in, much less identify with.

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>Michael



      
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