Sexual Harassment

Post date: Dec 20, 2017 7:0:32 PM

Sexual Harassment

By: Jenny Zhen and Kaitlyn Tse

        Sexual harassment is an ongoing problem occurring worldwide. Most of the harassment is towards women, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen to men as well. Recently many people have publicly come out about being harassed, but some are told to be quiet, or worse things could happen. Although there is not much data, sexual harassment has been happening forever and continues to occur at all times.

        Here are some comments on sexual harassment by students at Marina, Ms. Leicham, and Ms. Daws.

What does sexual harassment mean to you?

“It means someone making someone else uncomfortable and saying and doing inappropriate things that can hurt the other person physically and emotionally. ” -Ms. Leicham

“It is disgusting. It means they’re touching somebody without permission.” - 8th grader Kelly Truong

Is sexual harassment a problem at Marina?

“I have heard things said to female and male students that were inappropriate. Ms. Daws and I have confronted and given them consequences.” -Ms. Leicham

“We encourage students to tell us about harassment at Marina. We are always on the problem.” -Ms. Daws

How can we prevent sexual harassment from happening at Marina in the future?

“We have to talk about it more openly and have to feel comfortable about talking about it. Students and adults alike. Adults and kids have to understand why it’s a problem.” -Ms. Daws and Ms. Leicham

How are we combating this problem right now?

“Ms. Daws and I are trying to talk about what are appropriate behaviours in advisory.” -Ms. Leicham

The official definition of sexual harassment is “harassment (typically of a woman) in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks”.