Quotes

Harassment Quotes

Published

2 years ago

November 3, 2022

Harassment is unwelcome behavior towards you. Unwanted behavior could include something like bullying, threats of violence, and agitation. Harassment can be gender-based and is not necessarily physical or sexual in nature. For example, receiving unwanted unpleasant text messages due to gender could count as harassment.

There are cases, however, where one person may say something that could be construed as a joke regardless of how funny it actually was after all, it’s different for everyone. So to make sure you’re totally on the same page with whomever you’re working with at the time, whether he or she is your boss or just a fellow project member.

“Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women.” -Phyllis Schlafly

“Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this.” -Katherine Jenkins

“We do not want to use the term ‘harassment’ what is happening today is sexual harassment.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.”

“All together now: Women don’t cause sexual harassment, harassers do.”

“90% of workplace harassment is never officially reported.”

“Forgetting is difficult. Remembering is worse.”

“She was powerful, not because she wasn’t scared but because she went on so strongly despite the fear.”

“Today in science class I learned every cell in our entire body is replaced every seven years. How lovely it is to know one day i will have a body you will never have touched.”

“If you see harassment happening, speak up. Being harassed is terrible; having bystanders pretend they don’t notice is infinitely worse.” -Celeste Ng

“The only women who don’t believe that sexual harassment is a real problem in this country are women who have never been in the workplace.” – Cynthia Heimel

“The first step before anybody else in the world believes it, is that you believe it.” – Will Smith

“Don’t be ashamed of your story, it will inspire others.”

“You can become the greatest personality in your community by developing the sagacity of humility, teachability, prosperity-mentality and accountability.” – Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“A kiss should be personal, not a mandatory public event.” – Ika Natassa

“Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women – from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.” -Gloria Steinem

It’s important to let them know if they crossed your line while speaking to you or someone else. This way they can adjust their own conversation style accordingly in the future. We hope these tips will offer some guidance on what might really be said or done by someone that makes us feel uncomfortable and we hope this section answers any questions that anyone has on what to do or not do.

“It’s not consent if you make me afraid to say no.”

“In all societies, both women and men are powerfully conditioned to repress the daily realities of (sexual harassment and workplace glass ceilings) and to collude with the rest of society in keeping these dimensions of shared experiences hidden.” – William Keepin

“There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.” – Fernando Pessoa

“What troubles me about the “hostile workplace” category of sexual harassment policy is that women are being returned to their old status of delicate flowers who must be protected from assault by male lechers. It is anti-feminist to ask for special treatment for women.” – Camille Paglia

“You are worth more than what is in your pockets. You’re worth what’s in your mind and what’s in your heart.” -Shelly Crane

“Sexual harassment does bring shame.” Tarana Burke

“We must send a message across the world that there is no disgrace in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.”

“If you blame the rape victim because her clothes were provocative. You must also blame the bank that was robbed because it’s content were provocative.”

“No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.”

“Safe working conditions, fair wages, protection from forced labor, and freedom from harassment and discrimination – these must become standard global operating conditions.” -Paul Polman

“We need to get rid of bullying. We need to get rid of abuse. We need to get rid of harassment. We need to get rid of the casting couch. Instead, we need to build the bench.” -Nancy Dubuc

“The harassment and the bullying that students face is a learned behavior.” -Sarah McBride
“Intimidation, harassment and violence have no place in a democracy.” -Mo Ibrahim
“We just were saying no more police brutality. And we had enough of police harassment in the Village and other places.” -Marsha P. Johnson
“The change I want to see is a start-up environment where everyone, regardless of gender and background, feels welcome and safe; where sexual harassment or discrimination will not impede great talent from producing great impact.” -Christine Tsai
“I think the sooner that all of us in society stop accepting any type of bullying or harassment from other people – in spite of people’s social standing or net worth or whatever it is – the sooner it will stop.” -Jason Priestley

It happens when there’s an imbalance of power, so be aware that if the person harassing you has more power than you in the workplace, their unwanted words or behavior can end up having consequences for your career that may be difficult for you to work around.

“Not all cops are bad, but this kind of harassment has been going on for years in the ghetto.” -Eazy-E
“I will not put up with bullying and harassment – certainly not after the experiences I’ve had.” -Lady Colin Campbell
“The solution to ‘on-line harassment’ is simple: women should log off.” -Steve Bannon
“I don’t think anybody should be subject to any sort of harassment in any way, shape, or form.” -John Corabi
“There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.” -Denis Diderot
“All together now: Women don’t cause sexual harassment, harassers do.” -Kirsten Powers
“Sexual harassment at work… is it a problem for the self-employed?” -Victoria Wood
“The brutality of apartheid drains you of that emotion of fear if you have gone through everything you can be put through in the process of harassment.” -Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
“I’m tired of people not taking sexual harassment as a serious issue. It is.” -Eva Gutowski
“The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.” -Katherine Dunn
“Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.” -J. B. Pritzker
“Sometimes when women come forward about sexual harassment, they’re seen as a troublemaker.” -Gretchen Carlson
“Sexual harassment in the workplace confuses rewards for performance with rewards for attractiveness and sexual availability.” – Warren Farrell
“Whether it’s Hollywood or Bollywood, sexual harassment is a reality. I’ve experienced it first-hand, and I know many of my counterparts have as well.” -Shenaz Treasury
“But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues – political issues, gender issues – that people need to be educated about.” -Anita Hill
“The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is ‘Leave me alone; don’t harass me; I’m intolerant towards your over-proximity.”― Slavoj Žižek
“If your flirting strategy is indistinguishable from harassment, it’s not everyone else that’s the problem.”― John Scalzi
“Take “no” as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say “yes” right away.”― Stieg Larsson
“Sexual Harassment: Forgetting is difficult, remembering is worse.”― Nitya Prakash
“Harassment is nine-tenths of the law.” ― Marty Rubin
“Go expose the truth, people will advise you to consult a mental doctor, they will break your monthly income, will harass you and so on.” ― Santosh Kumar (San)
“There is no short dress, only short sight.” ― Abhijit Naskar
“To file a harassment complaint or not to file a harassment complaint, that is the question.” ― Steven Magee
“Harassing a person in the name of love or hate does not make any difference”― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
“The solution to ‘on-line harassment’ is simple: women should log off.” ― Steve Bannon
“Anyone who faces any kind of harassment should complain immediately so that a thorough investigation can happen.”― Kirron Kher
“It takes courage to come forward, and I don’t want any victim of sexual harassment to think twice about doing so.”― Kim Reynolds
“I don’t think anybody should be subject to any sort of harassment in any way, shape, or form.”― John Corabi
“If you want to cut crime, if you want to end homelessness, you have to deal with sexual violence, sexual harassment, and domestic violence.”― Eric Garcetti
“I deplore sexual harassment.”― Lawrence Wright
“So many people who deal with sexual harassment don’t have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice.”― Tarana Burke
“We must have zero tolerance for sexual harassment, even if the perpetrator is somebody we like and admire.”― Ana Navarro
“Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.” ― Kathie Lee Gifford
“I’ve been trying to reassert myself as a human and not just a current events story. I should not be the face of online harassment.” ― Zoe Quinn
“As we know, one of the dark sides of social media is online harassment.”― Harrison Barnes
“Harassment is the background radiation of my life. It is a factor in every decision I make. Any time I tweet something or make a post, I’m always thinking about it.”― Anita Sarkeesian
“Sexual harassment is as difficult to prove as it is to disprove.” ― Kellyanne Conway
“Sexual harassment can really affect you for a long time, and I want more women to come forward.” ― Gretchen Carlson
“Harassment is one of puberty’s darkest, most unreported rites of passage.”― Rachel Simmons