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Article: Strategies for handling sexual harassment.
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- WIN News
- Article date:
- September 22, 1997
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"Sexual harassment is a public problem requiring institutions to develop public strategies to prevent and stop it. However, individuals often need an array of their own strategies to use. . . Here are some responses that individuals may find helpful when faced with sexual overtures, sexist remarks, sexual jokes and the like. The idea in many of these strategies is to break the cycle of sexual harassment by doing something unexpected. Not everyone will be comfortable with all of these responses nor are all appropriate for every situation. Some harassers will keep on harassing no matter what you do or say. Many people who experience sexual harassment may initially not ...