Although technology and social media is part of the problem, it can also be part of the solution. Knowing what to do in situations where you or someone you know is being sexually harassed can be very difficult. Sexual harassment can occur in any setting between any people. Knowing who to confide in or where to go is not always the easiest thing to gage.
Support groups and organizations are realizing this fact and are making it easier for victims of harassment to find assistance. Whether this assistance is getting medical attention, helping to find the right people to report a problem to, or just being able to talk about current issues in your life you can find forums online to do all of these things.
There is a forum website called +supportgroups.com where you can discuss issues with people who are dealing with or have dealt with similar problems in the past. There are crisis hotlines that are open 24 hours and will always take calls from anyone who seeks help.
With technology advancing it can be hard to determine whether a situation online or on a device constitutes as assault or harassment or not. Rude or inappropriate comments on photos or through private message can be harassment. Another situation that could be taken as harassment is if someone is making posts or comments about you to others or in a public online space. Since this type of sexual harassment is so different from previous forms of harassment like verbal or physical, it is very helpful for people to be able to determine exactly what they have gone through by talking to others in support groups. These support groups and hotlines allow victims to talk to others that have gone through similar situations and people that have been trained to help in these situations as well. These forums and hotlines allow people to be anonymous, giving people courage where perhaps there was none before.
Support groups and organizations are realizing this fact and are making it easier for victims of harassment to find assistance. Whether this assistance is getting medical attention, helping to find the right people to report a problem to, or just being able to talk about current issues in your life you can find forums online to do all of these things.
There is a forum website called +supportgroups.com where you can discuss issues with people who are dealing with or have dealt with similar problems in the past. There are crisis hotlines that are open 24 hours and will always take calls from anyone who seeks help.
With technology advancing it can be hard to determine whether a situation online or on a device constitutes as assault or harassment or not. Rude or inappropriate comments on photos or through private message can be harassment. Another situation that could be taken as harassment is if someone is making posts or comments about you to others or in a public online space. Since this type of sexual harassment is so different from previous forms of harassment like verbal or physical, it is very helpful for people to be able to determine exactly what they have gone through by talking to others in support groups. These support groups and hotlines allow victims to talk to others that have gone through similar situations and people that have been trained to help in these situations as well. These forums and hotlines allow people to be anonymous, giving people courage where perhaps there was none before.