History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: I was sexually harassed for the first time today. Thoughts that have been running through my head. [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)Cutting off contact with a harasser isn't possible in many, many circumstances, and neither is reporting them. If the guy who makes unwanted sexual advances on you are your best friend's brother/boyfriend/father, or if he is a colleague, or a family member of your own, if he is your boss, a customer, your landlord - you may not be able to just cut off contact with him. Women will always have to weigh whether it is worth it to go to such extreme steps - they know that there's a big chance that if they won't be directly blamed themselves for this, they will at least face minimization of what happened ("Are you sure you didn't misunderstand?" It is very rare, in fact, to actually be believed and supported when you tell anyone about what happened.