Katie* is one of three female paramedics who have shared their experiences of being “hounded” for sexual favours in return for passing training, getting a promotion or simply keeping their jobs.
Although these remarks were often dismissed as “jokes” or “banter”, Katie says, occasionally it shifted into a “monumental” abuse of power.
“Handjobs. Blowjobs. They were obsessed with blowjobs,” she says.
Once I made a mistake with a patient, and a colleague tried to blackmail me into having sex with him. It was horrendous. When I told him no, he said, “watch your back, because I could rape you”.
I don’t know how you change this culture. When posters saying “We Do Not Tolerate Sexual Harassment” were put on the doors in the ladies toilets, a man crossed out the “Not” and drew a penis next to a woman’s mouth.
This is the kind of shit that happens when citizens don’t have the right to self defense. In the USA a woman could kill a man in self defense if they started a rape attempt. Without legal access to some kind of weapons for self defense a woman will almost always be at a significant disadvantage in a physical confrontation with a man. I support every woman’s inherent right to self-defense against rapists, and governments should too.
Wow there are so many downvoters on here, it’s sad that you all want those poor women to have no protection from being raped. Where I’m from the things this article describes are unheard of, because rapists know they will face consequences.
This may shock you, but sexual assault happens in America
That may be true, but at least the women have a fighting chance.
You’re not coming across as someone who cares about women. You’re coming across as someone who loves guns so much you’re willing to use rape victims as a prop.
Guns don’t make women safer from rapists. If you disagree, you better come with receipts proving otherwise, because you’re the one making the claim.
I don’t give a fuck what you think about this 2 year old comment. What are you even doing?
But for the record, I was absolutely correct in what I said.
So you’re saying that the appropriate response to office sexual harassment is to start shooting lecherous coworkers? I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, but I don’t think you’ve thought this through.
Typical American response.
“Me no likey, so me shooty”.
Yes, that’s based as hell.
Slow down Judge Dredd, having people killi each other with no need to provide proof or due process is not the happy world your brain is conjuring.
You should have gone with the Punisher. The Punisher is a vigilante, Dredd is literally the “due process.”
He says it a lot… Like a lot a lot. It’s kind of his whole deal? Being the law? And a literal fascist.
