Where do we draw the line between sexual harassment and compliment?
This generation has seen the advancement of many sexual abuse campaigns by women, and many rape accusations too—both false and true. And I thought it would be great to have a conversation around this topic using relatable stories. Recently, I saw a campaign by some women, holding placards—it was about their experiences of sexual harassment. One of them said a guy approached her to ask for her phone number, and she counts that as “sexual harassment”. Another woman said: “a man approached me and said I looked sexy”. After seeing all these campaigns and clamoring, the question in my head was; “what is sexual harassment?” The Oxford dictionary defines sexual harassment as “behavior characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks or physical advances in a workplace or other professional or social situation.” So as it seems, a sexual remark becomes inappropriate when it is “unwelcome” by the receiver, but otherwise, it will not count as sexual harassment. If for