“How to Deal With Sexual Harassment WHILE It’s Happening”
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1 min readDec 23, 2018
“Prioritize your feelings over someone else’s
Remember this person is making you feel this way. It’s not your job to protect the harasser’s feelings. “Women may feel the urge to spare a person’s feelings with a smile,” Pratt says. “We live in a society where assertive men are branded as confident and assertive women are labeled as bitchy.” If you feel uneasy, Pratt strongly suggests you not invalidate your own feelings. “If you feel threatened or uncomfortable or pissed off, that’s all relevant information and can be delivered as is and without sugar-coating.””
