Sexual Harassment

Everywhere I looked, sex was there looking right back at me — for better or for worse.

It’s disappointing that it took an audit to bring the policy to the forefront of the agenda, but it’s good to recognize how important they are in fixing flawed policy.

Occasionally, though, the jokes became sexual and vulgar. The inappropriate jokes about my body or their body or even customers’ bodies became a normal part of my work day.

I refuse to accept the narrative that I and other women are responsible for their assault. I’ll wear a short skirt, get drunk at a party and flirt with men all night — it doesn’t mean I am asking to be assaulted.

A Title IX investigation found that UC Berkeley professor Alan Tansman had more likely than not harassed a student. His "punishment" is a two years suspension –– one of which is paid sabbatical –– before we will be able to return to campus. Allowing Tansman this privilege sends a clear message to the student body: A professor’s livelihood is more valuable than that of survivors.

Documents obtained through a California Public Records Act, or CPRA, request by The Daily Californian uncovered multiple marriage proposals, inappropriate comments about female complainants’ physical appearances and propositions for a massage.

Well, it seems like that glory — which came both from the Mavericks’ wins and from the lack of controversial publicity — is a thing of the past now.