Sexual Harassment against Women at the Places of Work in China

Sexual Harassment against Women at the Places of Work in China
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Sexual Harassment against Women at the Places of Work in China
Introduction
Sexual harassment is one area where women rights are still compromised in a big way. While there have been some significant strides in the women right over the years, this is an area that still lags behind and one that has some very significant impacts on the victims. It is important to first understand the meaning of sexual harassment and the scope of the meaning (FindLaw 2017). This refers to any unwelcome sexual behavior that is directed at making the victim feel intimidated, offended or even humiliated. In some of the cases the intension could be geared towards flirting with someone. There are three main approaches that offenders will use to offend their victims which include written, verbal or physical in nature. The victim could subjected to either of the types of harassment in isolation and in some of the cases they are attacked with a combination of the same. There are a number elements that are covered in this scope which include harassment at work, at work related events, between work colleagues outside the place of work and between persons that share the same place of work (FindLaw 2017). Given this scope, there is a wide array of harassment incidences that take place and they are all unwelcome in way or the other. In China the issue of sexual harassment is still rampant and one that needs to be addressed. While the authorities still won’t admit to the rampant cases of sexual harassment, there has been evidence that they are quite many. As victims speak up and post online their ordeals, the issue is gaining the attention that is deserves for the authorities to act.
Thesis statement: China struggles with systemic sexual harassment against women at the work places, however there is a revolution brewing in on the social media front.
Sexual Offenses
The scope of sexual harassment, is quite wide, however there are those incidences that stand out and tend to be quite common. It is not simply limited to the inappropriate advances at the place of work, but rather includes any physical, verbal or even written acts that carry a sexual tone and one that creates a hostile working environment. It is a common practice for staff members to share sexual explicit content especially where they want to entice their victims. These include, images, videos and messages that are sexually explicit (Doyle 2017). Sending suggestive emails, notes and letters is also considered one of the ways that workers are harassed sexually at the place of work. In some of the other incidences, there may displays that are sexually offensive to one gender or the other. This creates a hostile environment where the gender in question feel intimidated and disrespected. It is also common for workers to make lewd jokes and even share sexual anecdotes that are offensive to the victims. These are common as people try to make jokes in the name of entertaining others at the office. The victims when attacked severally, are offended. Sometimes they will take the open abusive approach with a view to intimidate the victims. Making sexual gestures is also considered offensive and intimidatin...