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Booklet #4:
What is sexual
harassment?
At a sexual harassment committee meeting we talked about what
sexual harassment is and is not, and decided to do a poster to put up on the
wall at ALFA. The following is what we put on the poster:
What is Sexual Harassment?
If someone does these things to you,
they are sexually
harassing you.
- touches you when you don't want to be touched by them
- looks at you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
- asks you out and keeps pushing after you've said "no"
- talks sexual things to you
and continues to talk that
way after
you have told them to stop
- forces you to give them your phone number
- comes around after you've said "I'm not interested"
- draws attention to pictures that make you feel embarrassed
- tries to bargain with you for sex
Sexual Harassment is not
- friends hugging or touching
- flirting between friends
Respect is important. Sharing is important.
Sexual
harassment is when there is no respect and the action is not shared.
We also talked about how we would let people know what to do if
they were harassed. We decided to make up a piece of paper to give to all
students. We decided on the following words for that:
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We at ALFA
do not tolerate sexual harassment.
If you get harassment by anyone
contact a staff or
board person right away.
Do not be afraid
come forward,
we will
stand behind you.
If you harass someone at ALFA
you will be called into
a meeting
with board and staff members.
You will be expelled from
ALFA.
We will use our Sexual Harassment Policy
to back us up.
You
will not have a second chance. |
Gail Lanoie and Diane Eastman
(standing, l-r) talk about their participation in the research with Rita
Cullen, president of the Brandon Friendship Centre board of directors, and
Harold Weitman, chair of the literacy working group.
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