HARASSMENT? STOP THE ACT.

Are you being harassed? Do you know any victim of sexual harassment?  Do you actually understand those words, 'sexual harassment'?

                                    

Most times when people hear the words "sexual harassment," they picture a male supervisor cornering a female employee to make unwanted sexual advances. While the above scenario is real, ‘sexual harassment’ goes far beyond that. Although most reported cases of sexual harassment involve males harassing females, employees and employers as well need to know these facts:

·        Anyone, irrespective of gender could become a victim or a harasser.

·         Same gender harassment is on the increase.

·        Your ‘innocent’ actions and jokes could constitute sexual harassment if someone finds them unwanted and/or threatening.

·        Any form of sexual conduct in the workplace is inappropriate.

·        Sexual harassment is both legally and morally wrong.

·        The management has a great role to play in creating a harassment-free work environment.

Irrespective of the gender/position of the harasser or that he victim, sexual harassment is dehumanizing. 

The individual has a duty to put some preventive measures in place , and if /when harassed,  report to the appropriate authority. 

This blog  is aimed fighting harassment by empowering the employee  (male or female) against the menace, and enlightening management on the effects of harassment on the workforce, and proffering practical solutions to the recurrent cases of  harassment.

Sexual harassment is a dehumanizing acts. Stop it NOW!

                                                                     STOP IT!