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oberliner

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27. Fair enough

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #24)

Thu May 18, 2017, 01:53 PM

May 2017

I guess I just thought the stock photo was cheesy. Didn't really mean anything by it. What's really important is the results of the study itself. Here's hoping that it will move people to take action.

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Nearly 90 per cent of young women in US have experienced sexual harassment, report finds [View all] niyad May 2017 OP

Wish they presented data zipplewrath May 2017 #1

I corrected the link for the article. it might answer your qustions. niyad May 2017 #2

90 % is very large zipplewrath May 2017 #19

Not large at all. And you're forgetting that grown men are among the harassers pnwmom May 2017 #28

I meant as compared to comparable studies zipplewrath May 2017 #30

This study, if you read it, clearly included harassment that doesn't include assault. pnwmom May 2017 #32

Don't they have daughters? zipplewrath May 2017 #37

If they did they lacked empathy. I was tall, so they probably thought I was older, pnwmom May 2017 #38

They did present data. I'm not sure what you're saying, exactly. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #4

Might be of interest. I'm not promoting the veracity of the claims. NCTraveler May 2017 #5

Thanks for posting that link oberliner May 2017 #3

The photo is an example of sexual harassment. You couldn't tell that? n/t pnwmom May 2017 #6

It's an odd stock photo oberliner May 2017 #7

There are MANY ways to sexually harass, and inappropriate physical contact is a common way. pnwmom May 2017 #9

Yes, indeed oberliner May 2017 #15

Can you post a pic of relationship coercion between students? Orrex May 2017 #18

Here's the photo Newsweek used for their story on this report oberliner May 2017 #20

The article writer chose his or her own focus. But if you think middle and high school students pnwmom May 2017 #24

Fair enough oberliner May 2017 #27

Violently zipplewrath May 2017 #36

I think you are again, confusing "infer" and "imply." LanternWaste May 2017 #14

I thought imply was to suggest and infer was to conclude oberliner May 2017 #17

You are correct Orrex May 2017 #23

Oh ok oberliner May 2017 #25

I haven't found it yet nor, honestly, searched too thoroughly Orrex May 2017 #29

Fair enough oberliner May 2017 #31

People who think the contact in the photo isn't "serious" in a work situation are wrong. pnwmom May 2017 #33

Office sexual harassment is very serious oberliner May 2017 #35

This is utterly believable, and it starts as soon as a girl hits adolescence. pnwmom May 2017 #8

I am grateful that I am far past that age. it was bad enough when I was young, but getting niyad May 2017 #10

K&R. And when women try to talk about it, they often aren't belived. WhiskeyGrinder May 2017 #11

welcome to du. and, sadly, you are absolutely correct. niyad May 2017 #12

Roger Ailes may be gone, but his legacy lives on and on gratuitous May 2017 #13

sadly, you are quite correct. niyad May 2017 #21

How the hell is it only 90 percent? Orrex May 2017 #16

that was my first thought. niyad May 2017 #22

As a man, I of course have the authority to speak on behalf of all women... Orrex May 2017 #26

Thank you, Orrex. I have never met a woman who couldn't cite examples, starting very young. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #34

I'm more amazed by it almost daily even now. Orrex May 2017 #39

I remember telling a friend that it starts at 11 or 12 pnwmom May 2017 #40

The 10% are somehow convinced it's their own fault. hunter May 2017 #41