There are various forms of sexual harassment including the quid pro quo, hostile work environment, and violation of human rights. Quid pro quo is a Latin term that means exchange of goods or services in equal amount or degree. As the term implies, it is a form of harassment that seeks sexual favors in return of work benefits like promotion, less pressurized work, and increase of salary. This is the most explicit kind of behavior in the modern era where many consent the proposal in order to quench their need of money and status. Hostile work environment is a more persistent form wherein physical contact, staring at women, uncivilized remarks, and indecent images make the environment worst and hostile to work in. Violation of human rights directly caters to any kind of acts that defines sexual harassment, rape, and sexual abuse. With all this how can be woman be free and secure in her own country? The security and dignity of women especially at workplace is at stake if all this continues years after.
Does anyone have an idea what kind of impact this kind of abuse leave on a woman’s hart and mind? If no then speak to the victims of sexual harassment. They are the best speakers to narrate their story of insult, threat, terror, and depression. After that one disgusting incident in their life they continuously live in an atmosphere of peril and fear. The feeling of rejection, insecurity, and insult suck out their souls. Till date there are many women in the country who have endured such kind of harassment. Out of these countless, some start living a dead life, some throw away all their dreams and desires, some take up loneliness as their best companion, and some even take up the act of suicide as their last resort.
Does all this happen to prove the power of men? Or it takes place to show women that they are weak and subjugated? Women are no longer weak and one should never make a mistake of considering them a material to be used and throw away. They have complete right to live their life in a free, joyful, and secured environment. Give them that freedom and let India be a safe country for women to reside.
What is Sexual Harassment-
Sexual harassment, is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment is illegal. It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and annoyances to actual sexual abuse or sexual assault. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal employment discrimination in many countries, and is a form of abuse (sexual and psychological) and bullying. For many businesses, preventing sexual harassment, and defending employees from sexual harassment charges, have become key goals of legal decision-making. In contrast, many scholars complain that sexual harassment in education remains a "forgotten secret," with educators and administrators refusing to admit the problem exists in their schools, or accept their legal and ethical responsibilities to deal with it.
Harassment Situations-
Sexual harassments can occur in a variety of circumstances. Often, but not always, the harasser is in a position of power or authority over the victim (due to differences in age, or social, political, educational or employment relationships). Forms of harassment relationships include:
- The harasser can be anyone, such as a client, a co-worker, a parent or legal guardian, a teacher or professor, a student, a friend, or a stranger.
- The victim does not have to be the person directly harassed but can be anyone who finds the behavior offensive and is affected by it.
- Adverse affects on the target are common
- The victim can be any gender. The harasser can be any gender.
- The harasser does not have to be of the opposite sex.
- The harasser may be completely unaware that his or her behavior is offensive or constitutes sexual harassment or may be completely unaware that his or her actions could be unlawful.
- Misunderstanding: It can result from a situation where one thinks he/she is making themselves clear, but is not understood the way they intended. The misunderstanding can either be reasonable or unreasonable. An example of unreasonable is when a man holds a certain stereotypical view of a woman such that he did not understand the woman’s explicit message to stop.
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