Tag: Sexual harrassment

Judge rules calling men bald is sexual harassment

A panel of judges in Sheffield, United Kingdom have ruled that calling a man ‘bald’ is sexual harassment. Each of the three judges overseeing the North Yorkshire tribunal themselves suffered from hair loss and concluded using the word ‘bald’ to describe someone is a form of discrimination. One of the judges pointed to the fact […]

Journalist recounts how she was raped by her interviewee

I was 22 years old and working as a sports reporter when I was raped by a major-league baseball player. I didn’t tell my best friend, my sister, my mother or my sports editor, who was a woman. For 18 years, I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t say it out loud to myself, write it […]

Weinstein convicted of sex assault, rape in ‘new era’ for #MeToo

Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault but acquitted of the most serious predatory charges, a verdict hailed as a historic victory by the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct. The 67-year-old was remanded in New York’s notorious Rikers Island jail after the jury of seven men and five women found the once-powerful […]