SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SOCIETY

What the sexual harassment shows about our society…

After having read an article in the New York Times International Edition Want to Stop Predators ? Organize, I wanted to write about sexual harassment. The article underlines « The fact is that sexual harassment is more about power than sex ». Indeed. 

If I have to talk about power or personal experience, sex is in reality about power. Men are usually powerful male figure. CEO, bosses, important personality, they are more important in the corporate than women. In this famous article, it is explain that « For these women, shamming their bosses on Twitter or going to a newspaper is, unfortunately, rarely an option ». Because women are ashamed, they just want to be more powerful too and not being traumatized. However, I think this behavior shows something about our society and power. 

Indeed, men have the power at their work. Women have a humanity power. Indeed, they uses Twitter to find strengh and courage. A man will not do this, this is a shame for him. Women prefers a collective power that they can use but after having received the punishment. 

I feel like this sense of belonging to humans, and solidarity that women have is a  lot more powerful than men’s power at work. However, it is a man who can hurt the women first in our today society. 

In a way, it depicts that people will help a woman who asks for help than a woman that is hurt but who does not ask for help. It feels to me like society is more than selfish.

What do you think about it?