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> I'd have assumed "sexual" meant relating to sex (intercourse), rather than relating to sexes (male/female) No, sexual harassment is any form of it that refer
by true_religion 4y ago
> I'd have assumed "sexual" meant relating to sex (intercourse), rather than relating to sexes (male/female)
No, sexual harassment is any form of it that references the sexes (male/female), otherwise garden variety misogyny (e.g. "women are bad at X", "X is bad at Y, because she's a woman") wouldn't be considered sexual harassment.
- veltas 4y agoBut "women are bad at X" is not 'sexual harassment'. Misogyny is not identical to sexual harassment, they are two different things with some overlap. EDIT: would downvoters (or downvoter + socks) like to explain their disagreement? I'm happy to be corrected.
- colejohnson66 4y agoSaying "women are bad at X" isn't necessarily sexual harassment; It's just misogyny. But if you said it to a woman, it would be sexual harassment.
- taskforcegemini 4y ago
- veltas 4y agoThere's a difference between sexual behaviour and gendered insults, that's my point. Or no?
- uvnq 4y agoNot sure why you're getting downvoted. The statement has nothing to do with anything sexual. Unless "sexual harassment" has lately been redefined to mean "harassment based on sex"