Showing titles in Sexual Abuse & Harassment

El hartazgo y malestar generalizado ante el acoso ha llevado a diversas personas a buscar frenar esta repulsiva práctica que ha adquirido una dimensión cada vez más relevantes en la cultura contemporánea. Mediante un análisis discursivo en torno a este fenómeno, Marta Lamas toma como punto de referencia las diversas corrientes de la teoría feminista y enfrenta aquellas posturas de “victimismo” y “mujerismo”.

For more than two years, Donna Freitas’s graduate school mentor, a priest and celebrated scholar, stalked her, forever changing her life. In her 2019 account Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention, she recreated, in novelistic detail, the story of being traumatized by her professor’s obsession with her, of how he used his power to try to rob her of her own.

When you do what it takes to develop wholesome social habits and essential boundary skills, you can have good relationships now and in the future, no matter what your past relationships were like. By learning key skills for a healthy lifestyle and safe, healthy relationships, you will unlock the power of community to discover your significant place in the world.

TW: Harcèlement sexuel. "L'impossible est devenu possible. Exit les peurs, les doutes, la souffrance dans laquelle j'étais prisonnière. J'ai une furieuse envie de vivre pleinement et je souhaite que ma vie soit belle, épanouissante, remplie d'amour, de joies, de rêves à réaliser." Après avoir subi un viol alors qu'elle avait 15 ans, Anya a mis vingt ans à sortir du silence, à surmonter son passé et à trouver la paix intérieure.

Ein junger Mensch erlebt Missbrauch und Gewalt in seiner eigenen Familie und kommt dabei seelisch, aber auch körperlich, an seine absoluten Grenzen. Es scheint, als sei dieser Menschen geboren worden, um Stück für Stück vernichtet zu werden und zu sterben... Aber der Lebenswille und der Glaube an das Gute, an ein freies, glückliches Leben, sind stärker! Sie schaut dem Tod ins Auge und weiß, dass sie durchhalten und weiterleben muss, dass Sterben noch nicht dran ist und dass es einen Weg in die Freiheit gibt - geben muss!

A trial lawyer’s guide to seven proven strategies that help end sexual harassment at work without retaliation so that you can focus on your job. Women are often told that the best way to handle workplace harassment is to ignore it. But trial lawyer Meredith Holley knows better. In Career Defense 101, Holley lays out eye-opening research and tools that are proven to end harassment and help women advance in their careers.

Mit ihren Enthüllungen zum Fall Harvey Weinstein bringen die Journalistinnen Jodi Kantor und Megan Twohey eine Bewegung ins Rollen, die die Welt nachhaltig verändert. Damit beginnt die Zerschlagung eines Systems, das sexuelle Übergriffe über Jahrzehnte systematisch verschleierte. Monatelang recherchieren Megan Twohey und Jodi Kantor, um die Wahrheit über Harvey Weinstein herauszufinden. In ihren Interviews mit über 80 Frauen beweisen sie erstmals, was die bereits kursierenden Gerüchte besagen: Sexueller Missbrauch und Belästigungen sind an der Tagesordnung.

The Badass Girl's Guide: Uncommon Strategies to Outwit Predators is the one book criminal predators don't want you to listen to! Filled with critical information about how to empower yourself to keep from becoming a crime statistic, this definitive, comprehensive guide contains facts and strategies not found in other personal security books.

När Mia Ottosson blir kär och gifter sig med den ansedde healern och mediet, en man internationellt känd i andliga och spiritualistiska kretsar, tror hon att hon funnit sitt livs kärlek, en andlig lärare och själsfrände. Istället blir förhållandet en mardröm av fysisk och psykisk terror, och efter flera års äktenskap upptäcker Mia en mörk hemlighet hon aldrig kunnat föreställa sig.

Tretton år gammal söker Sara tillflykt hos den elva år äldre Jesper, som är vän till familjen. Hennes hemförhållanden är trassliga och Sara är ung och skör. Hos Jesper finner hon trygghet, och för första gången upplever hon att någon lyssnar på henne och bryr sig om henne. Tills hon en natt vaknar utan kläder, med honom över sig. På en enda natt förstörs allt. Men det som Sara försöker se som en engångsföreteelse, ett misstag, händer plötsligt igen, och igen, och igen. Sara skäms och mår dåligt, och för varje gång Jesper våldtar henne växer hennes hat.

Y la culpa no era mía, ni dónde estaba ni cómo vestía. el violador eres tú. Un violador en tu camino, octubre 2019, colectivo Lastesis Tenemos rabia. Rabia ante la invisibilización constante de nuestros abusos. [...] Rabia y miedo de ser agredidas, asesinadas, olvidadas. [...] Nos tocaron muchas veces en la calle y vivimos en carne propia el acoso impune. [...]

Weit über 100 getötete Frauen allein in Deutschland pro Jahr: Morde, über die niemand spricht. Jeden Tag versucht in Deutschland ein Mann, seine Frau umzubringen. Alle 3 Tage wird eine Frau von ihrem Partner oder Ex-Partner getötet. Hinzu kommen die Morde an Frauen durch ihnen unbekannte Täter. Diese Verbrechen sind keine Ehrenmorde oder Beziehungstaten, sondern Femizide: Morde, die an Frauen verübt werden, weil sie Frauen sind.

Fleeing intimate partner violence at age 20, Julie was stalked by her ex-partner for more than 10 years, rarely mentioning it to friends, let alone addressing it publicly. The contrast between her public career as a brave champion for women with her own private life of violence and fear meant a shaky and exhausting balancing act. Resilience Is Futile is a story of survival, courage, and ultimately, hope. But it is also a challenge to the ways we understand trauma and resilience. It is the story of one survivor who won’t give up and refuses to shut up.

Este audiolibro es el testimonio de una mujer que fue torturada y esclavizada sexualmente durante 112 días, en 2001. Linda Loaiza fue rescatada y conoció otro horror: el de la impunidad institucional. Veinte años después entrega su testimonio. Se convierte -probablemente- en el reflejo de muchas mujeres venezolanas que padecieron tortura, esclavitud sexual e intento de asesinato. Más de 100 horas de entrevistas con Linda Loaiza López, sus familiares y otras personas cercanas al caso, necesitó Luisa Kislinger, activista de los derechos de las mujeres, para escribir este libro.

Liberation Is Here transports listeners to forgotten corners of the world. From the slums of Nairobi, hospitals of Lusaka, killing fields of Kigali, and back alleys of Barcelona, Lim weaves together stories in a narrative of God's grace and healing amid fear and trauma. Her journey proves that liberation is not just near, but it is here - in the eyes of the broken, the hearts of the oppressed, and the untold stories of our global community.

Football teams create playbooks, in which they draw up the plays they will use on the field. Playbooks are how teams work and why they win. This book is about a different kind of playbook: The one coaches, teams, universities, police, communities, the media, and fans seem to follow whenever a college football player is accused of sexual assault. It’s a deep dive into how different institutions - the NCAA, athletic departments, universities, the media - run the same plays over and over again when these stories break.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, employees and leaders are struggling with how to respond to the pervasiveness of sexual harassment. Most approaches simply emphasize knowing and complying with existing laws. But people need more than lists of dos and don’ts - they need to learn how to navigate this uncertain, emotionally charged terrain. Sarah Beaulieu provides a new skills-based approach to addressing sexual harassment prevention and response in the workplace, including using underdeveloped skills like empathy, situational awareness, boundary setting, and intervention.

The first story is about an infant who is unwanted by her mother. The infant's aunt, Njana, is horrified when she learns of this. And yet, Njana envies her niece because she is born in the mid-1970s. This means the niece won't be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) like Njana was before she turned 14 in the 1960s. The second story is about Njana's trauma sanctioned by her parents, the very people who are supposed to protect her from harm. The story is set in Kenya and later in California. Njana discloses, for the first time, how she suffered FGM in the backwoods of Kenya.

Cyberbullying is becoming an epidemic that is risking the safety of our children. S. M. Carlson, an online harassment and bullying expert, brings a commonsense approach to battling cyberbullying. Cyberbullying offers advice for educators, parents, law enforcers, and lawmakers on how to implement programs to combat this problem in their community before it destroys another child's life.

"No big deal"...for 15 years, these words kept Torey Ivanic from telling her parents, friends, and boyfriends about her interactions with the gymnastics coach who utterly confused her young mind, body, and soul - who had, she eventually came to understand, sexually violated her. In this memoir, Torey transparently and brilliantly shows how the abuse started, the collateral damage it created in her young life, her realization that it was a big deal, and her journey of healing and justice.