Section 3: Understanding
sexual harassment in the
workplace
[S]exual harassment was
the overarching feature of
my working experience as a
young woman. In all of these
workplaces, the managers or
owners either perpetrated
sexual harassment
themselves, or were aware
that it was happening and
did nothing to prevent or
respond to it. Sharing these
experiences with female
friends, I know that my
experience is not singular
or extreme—this is, in many
ways, an unremarkable story.1
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