What is sexual harassment ?
A woman in the street can hear all type of comments regarding their physical characteristics and gender. Are streets danger to women, in general? Can they dress what they want to and not be molested?
Many women face horrible comments on public streets related to her own gender. Sexual and physical comments in public and private places are still common. This is sexual harassment. More than a matter of respect, education and moral, these type of comments reduce women to sexual objects and a "body for pleasure". Many women still feel they have to correspond to society´s psysical demands on body beauty. These ideas or psycological disturbs are not excuses for keeping things they way they are.
If men don´t respect women and still see them like sexual objects, even if some women think its natural or don´t mind hearing those type of comments is important to introduce new ways for responsibility.
After a report in Belgium "Femme de La Rue" that talked about how women are sexual molested with verbal abuse and comments on body and sexual verbal insults, Belgium decided on a new law about sexual harassment. According to this law all type of verbal abuse, sexual or physical comments on public streets against women will be criminal offences.
Belgium created a new way that must be followed by all countries. It s a matter of education, public order and women´s safety.
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