A commonly recurring and often overlooked issue within the human culture is sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is any undesired, inappropriate behavior directed towards an individual. Harassment includes verbal and physical assault, such as rape and even inappropriate conversations in the workplace. Everyone may experience sexual harassment, attacks are not limited to just women, children, and young adults. According to research found by RAINN, every 109 seconds a person experiences sexual assault.” This means sexual assault is as frequent as every one minute and eighty-one seconds. Despite how often of an occurrence harassment is, attacks are often left unreported. There is some speculation as to why victims won’t report attackers, such
…show more content…
The reasoning for this is because an individual could remain ignorant of the topic, and unintentionally harass another. If the definition is consistent throughout every state, there would be less confusion about what is harassment. Since there will be an increased awareness, more individuals would be able to realize if they are harassing someone before the situation becomes serious, or even avoid the situation altogether due to the knowledge of inappropriate topics. Therefore, increasing sexual harassment education would lead to fewer unintentional …show more content…
“The majority of sexual assaults, an estimated 63 percent, are never reported to the police” (Ferris, False Reporting). this could be due to psychological reasons, such as negative associations. In some cases, victims would rather ignore or forget the situation than recall an unpleasant experience. Or perhaps, a fear of the investigative team being unable to see eye to eye with their experience, altering the experience as told by the victim and reporting a biased version of the assault. Furthermore, from previous knowledge, Stockholm Syndrome is another factor in unreported assault cases. Stockholm syndrome is when a victim begins to care for their attacker, in some cases crying when their attacker is convicted, or feeling distraught when they are no longer in contact with their attacker. To resolve these issues, the option should be made available to report anonymously, should one prefer to. This would eliminate the fear of scrutiny, and bias. When one reports anonymously, there are no biased opinions based on gender, ethnicity, age, or impressions. For convenience, comfort, and decreased chance of bias there could be an online anonymous security forum to report attacks. This brings up the problem of hackers entering and releasing private info, and inaccurate information from trolls and slow receive time/updates. The issue with hacking could be resolved by creating protective firewalls, increasing online cyber
The reasoning for this is because an individual could remain ignorant of the topic, and unintentionally harass another. If the definition is consistent throughout every state, there would be less confusion about what is harassment. Since there will be an increased awareness, more individuals would be able to realize if they are harassing someone before the situation becomes serious, or even avoid the situation altogether due to the knowledge of inappropriate topics. Therefore, increasing sexual harassment education would lead to fewer unintentional …show more content…
“The majority of sexual assaults, an estimated 63 percent, are never reported to the police” (Ferris, False Reporting). this could be due to psychological reasons, such as negative associations. In some cases, victims would rather ignore or forget the situation than recall an unpleasant experience. Or perhaps, a fear of the investigative team being unable to see eye to eye with their experience, altering the experience as told by the victim and reporting a biased version of the assault. Furthermore, from previous knowledge, Stockholm Syndrome is another factor in unreported assault cases. Stockholm syndrome is when a victim begins to care for their attacker, in some cases crying when their attacker is convicted, or feeling distraught when they are no longer in contact with their attacker. To resolve these issues, the option should be made available to report anonymously, should one prefer to. This would eliminate the fear of scrutiny, and bias. When one reports anonymously, there are no biased opinions based on gender, ethnicity, age, or impressions. For convenience, comfort, and decreased chance of bias there could be an online anonymous security forum to report attacks. This brings up the problem of hackers entering and releasing private info, and inaccurate information from trolls and slow receive time/updates. The issue with hacking could be resolved by creating protective firewalls, increasing online cyber