Saturday, February 20, 2010
sexual harassment
According to O’Hair and Wiemann in chapter 4 of their Essential Guide to Group Communication, sexual harassment is defined as an “unwelcome and unsolicited behavior of a sexual nature.” It consists of any kinds of sexual activity that is unasked for, and includes anything from someone touching you in places you do not wished to be touched, to someone actually raping you. Either way, those kinds of undesirable conduct are occurring daily, whether we notice them or not. Many times, victims of these sexual harassment cases go through life without actually reporting the crimes because they are afraid of dealing with facing their attacker again. Sexually harassment is often times, caused by the misunderstanding of communication between a male and a female because of their different ways of thinking. For instance, if a female innocently smiles or shares eye contact with a male, even just as a friendly gesture, it may often times be interpreted differently to the male mind, and he may assume that she is interested in something else. Those kinds of miscommunication between the two genders are often deceptive and can lead to bad consequences that are frequently regretted. In order for us to avoid these kinds of circumstances, it is crucial for us to understand the behaviors and mindset of the opposite gender.
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I agree completely with your point of view. I like how you address such a serious topic as sexual harassment, and tie it in together with the readings. One could just talk about what they read in the text, but your post brings in more insight from outside the reading, making the post much more interesting to read, as well as give readers your point of view on the subject of sexual harassment. At first, I thought this was going to be a post on the topic of sexual harassment, but the last sentence clearly connects the post to the reading, and it helped me understand the topic.
ReplyDeleteI was skimming the chapter as well and I stumbled across that section as well and I though the same thing when I read the title. I actually skipped over it when I was flipping through but now I find it interesting on what the section is really about. You do have a point and I agree with you in saying that if we really did point out every bad argument that our friends said we would not be liked very much in my group. It is good to know that it is an exchange of ideas that we are looking for and not just always the bad.
ReplyDeleteAJ I think you posted on the wrong page because that post had nothing to do with pointing out bad arguments. Also, pinkash, I like how you didn't mind choosing a tough subject. You're dealing with the issue seriously and you make some really good points - especially the one about how different genders interpreting shared gestures in a different way. I actually kind of laughed out loud when you mentioned the smile thing, because as a male, when a girl smiles at me I now realize that she's probably just being friendly, but when I see her smiling at me, I think "Man, she totally wants me."
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