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2013 - Leadership and the Dance of Men and Women: Some Observations

Tony Smith | Posted 05.21.2013 | Business
Read More: Human Resources, Military, Sexual Harrassment, Harrassment, Sexuality, Sex, Corporate, Business News
Tony Smith

We put leaders (both men and women) on a pedestal, and then relish sharpshooting them down for their less-than-perfect natures. America (and largely the world) has few authentic leaders emerge from the thrashing.

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What Happens in Vegas... Corporate 'Sexual' Responsibility?

Christine Bader | Posted 05.11.2013 | Business
Read More: Women, Prostitution, Sexual Harrassment, Discrimination, Modern Day Slavery, Corporate Social Responsibility, Csr, Diversity, Human Trafficking, Business News
Christine Bader

What an employee does outside of the office both reflects on the company and signals how he or she will behave on the job. Which is why, after years of insisting that corporate social responsibility must be all about a company's core business, I began to think differently.

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Will Video of a Man Stripped, Beaten and Dragged by Police Be the 'Blue Bra Girl' of the Morsi Regime?

Shadi Rahimi | Posted 04.07.2013 | World
Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt Revolution, Sexual Harrassment, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Sexual Harrassment Egypt, Egypt Protests Sexual Harrassment, World News
Shadi Rahimi

Amid clashes in Cairo on February 1, two videos simultaneously became viral -- reigniting widespread public debate about the treatment of protesters by the state and the treatment of women by men.

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Egypt 'Bodyguards' Take Stand Against Sex Assault

AP | BRIAN ROHAN | Posted 04.04.2013 | World
Read More: Egypt Women, Egypt Protests, Cairo, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Sexual Harrassment, Tahrir Bodyguards, Egypt Sexual Assaults, Egypt Women's Rights, Sexual Assault, World News

CAIRO — Amid a growing number of brutal attacks on women protesters in Egypt, one stood out: A mob of men on Cairo's Tahrir Square raped a 19-ye...

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Rocky Past For U Of Iowa Official Investigated For Sexual Harassment

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 01.15.2013 | College
Read More: Peter Gray, University of Iowa Scandal, Peter Gray U of Iowa, University of Iowa, Sexual Harrassment, Peter Gray University of Iowa, Peter v. Gray, Coastal Carolina University, Uiowa, College News

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The former University of Iowa athletic department official at the center of a sexual harassment investigation had been fired f...

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CEO Accused Of Demanding Sex Acts From Employee

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 11.09.2012 | Business
Read More: Business News, Waffle House, Waffle House Sexual Harassment, Waffle House Sex Acts, Sexual Harrassment, Workplace Sexual Harassment, Video, Business News

ATLANTA -- A former female employee has filed a police complaint alleging the CEO of Waffle House demanded she perform sexual acts on him in exchange ...

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RAINN Day Conversations Shed New Light on Sexual Violence

Milkshake | Posted 11.26.2012 | Impact
Read More: Rape, Sexual Assault, Rape Statistics, Rape Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Violence, Impact News
Milkshake

Jerry Sandusky. "Legitimate" rape. Daniel Tosh. The women's health care debate. If there were ever an era in which sexual violence was inextricably linked to many of the most talked-about headlines, this would be it.

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Spandex & Boa-Clad Man Arrested For Harassment At Mall

The Huffington Post | Eliza Fisher | Posted 08.16.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Funny Mug Shots, Child Molestation, Glendale Galleria, Glendale, Video, Malls, Mugshots, Sexual Harrassment, Scott Basko, Los Angeles News

Scott Basko didn't stand out at the Glendale Galleria for his zebra-print spandex outfit, feather boa, and fishnet tights. Instead, the 44-year-old...

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Fighting Sexual Harassment in the Fields

Greg Asbed | Posted 09.25.2012 | Home
Read More: Publix, Women's Rights, Equal Opportunity Commission, Ahold, Sexual Harrassment, Agriculture, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Chipotle, Ciw, Florida, Farmworkers, Wal-Mart, Florida Tomatoes, DiMare Ruskin Farms, Home News
Greg Asbed

For too long, the industry responded to accusations of farm labor abuse with denial and opposition. But today there exists a better way forward embraced by the vast majority of Florida growers.

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Journalist Recounts Horrifying Sexual Assault In Cairo's Tahrir Square

The Huffington Post | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 06.26.2012 | World
Read More: Tahrir Protests, Women, Video, Egypt, Sexual Harrassment, Tahrir Square, Egypt Elections, Sexual Assault, Natasha Smith, Egyptian Revolution, Natasha Smith Egypt, World News

On Sunday in Cairo's Tahrir Square, tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered to celebrate the official announcement that Mohammed Morsi would become Eg...

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WATCH: Does This Really Make You A 'Pervert'?

Posted 06.25.2012 | New York
Read More: Subway Photographs, Video, John Zippy, Sexual Harrassment, Subway, Ny News, New York Subway, Subway Pervert, Public Lewdness, Pervert, New York News

A man who identifies himself as "John Zippy" is being called out for his rather creepy hobby documenting women riding the subway (usually focusing on ...

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Former Wisconsin DA Pleads No Contest To Ethics Violations

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 08.15.2012 | Crime
Read More: Calumet County, District Attorney, Wisconsin, Video, Ken Kratz, Sexual Harrassment, Sex, Madison Wisconsin, Domestic Abuse, Crime News

MADISON, Wis. — A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of rampant sexual harassment agreed Friday to plead no contest to six ethics violations, m...

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US: Sexual Violence, Harassment of Immigrant Farmworkers

Human Rights Watch | Posted 07.16.2012 | World
Read More: Sexual Violence, Immigration Reform, Immigration, United States, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harrassment, Video, World News
Human Rights Watch

(New York) – Hundreds of thousands of immigrant farmworker women and girls in the United States face a high risk of sexual violence and sexual h...

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Penis Dumplings Allegedly Served At Fancy Chinese Restaurant

Posted 04.14.2012 | New York
Read More: Chin Chin, Yvonne Diaz, Sexual Harrassment, Penis Dumplings, Midtown, New York Crime, NY Restaurants, Chin Chin Restaurants, New York Lawsuits, New York News

A Chinese restaurant in midtown is proving to be one classy joint, allegedly forming penis-shaped dumplings to serve to patrons -- but not before dang...

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WATCH: Dov Says His Lawsuits Are 'Testimony To My Success'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.11.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Sex Slave Lawsuit, Video, George Soros, Dov Charney Jane Wells, Dov Charney George Soros, Dov Charney Salary, American Apparel, Sexual Harrassment, Dov Charney CNBC, Dov Charney American Apparel, Dov Charney, American Apparel Bankrupt, American Apparel Lawsuit, Dov Charney Lawsuit, Vertical Integration, Dov Charney Interview, Los Angeles News

American Apparel CEO Dov Charney did not fail to live up to his reputation Tuesday in a frank exchange with CNBC reporter Jane Wells -- the first inte...

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Former Burbank Police Officer Wins $1.3 Million From City

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.20.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Police Discrimination, William Bill Taylor, Workplace Discrimination, Sexual Harrassment, Discrimination Lawsuit, Porto's Bakery Robbery, Burbank, Burbank Police, Porto's Bakery, Porto's Robbery, Discrimination, Sexual Discrimination, Burbank Police Lawsuits, Burbank Police Discrimination Lawsuit, Racial Discrimination, Burbank Police Robbery, Minorities, Los Angeles News

A former Burbank deputy police chief was awarded $1.29 million Monday after a jury found that he was fired for speaking out against racial discriminat...

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Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence; The Troubling Reality of Many Latina and Immigrant Workers

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 03.30.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Working Women, Latinas, Lclaa, Violence Against Women, Immigrant Workers, Sexual Harrassment, Workplace Violence, Latino Voices News
Hector E. Sanchez

We stand with Latinas across the nation to ensure that their labor, human and civil rights are fully respected because an injury to one is an injury to all.

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Muslim Woman Accuses Man Of Sexual Harassment; FBI Show Up At Her Door

AP | By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 01.11.2012 | Religion
Read More: FBI Terror Watch List, Islamophobia, Balayla-Ahmad-University-of-Bridgeport, Islam, Video, University of Bridgeport, Sexual Harrassment, Muslim Harassment, Balayla Ahmad, Muslim Woman, Muslim, Religion News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Muslim woman is suing the University of Bridgeport, alleging that the school failed to investigate her claims that a fellow stud...

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School Suspension for a Crush? Not Cute

Stacia L. Brown | Posted 02.06.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Education, Emanyea Lockett, Sexual Harrassment, Postbourgie, Sexual-Harrassment-School, Black Voices News
Stacia L. Brown

Many words used to describe women are designed to harass and hypersexualize. Those words can be demeaning, pejorative, and explicit. They are familiar to far more women, young and old, than they should be. "Cute" is not one of them.

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'Eve Teasing' and New York Catcalls

Jennifer Hamady | Posted 02.01.2012 | New York
Read More: Women, Human Rights, Sexual Harrassment, Gawking, New York Times, Men, Respect, Heckling, Sexuality, Harrassment, New York City, Gender, New York News
Jennifer Hamady

I, like any man, woman, or child, want to be able to walk two blocks to get a newspaper, a cup of coffee, or to catch a train without being treated in a disrespectful manner.

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Would Herman Cain Still Be a Contender If His Accusers Were Black?

Keli Goff | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: 2012 Election, Sexual Harrassment, Anita Hill, Gop Primary 2012, Herman Cain, Herman Cain Black, Hernan Cain Harassment, Herman Cain Accusers, Herman Cain 2012, Herman Cain Racism, Politics News
Keli Goff

Herman Cain spent a lifetime defying racial stereotypes. Now he has cartoonishly morphed into the embodiment of one of America's most unflattering, yet enduring, racial stereotypes of all.

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Your Period Is Making You Lie

Michael Seitzman | Posted 01.12.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Sexual Harrassment, Herman Cain, Lin Wood, Comedy News
Michael Seitzman

November 11, 2011 To: The Ladies FROM: The Men RE: All Your Bitchin' Dear Ladies, First of all, we don't know how you do it, bleeding every mont...

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What To Do If You've Been Sexually Harrassed(VIDEO)

Posted 11.08.2011 | Women
Read More: Marlo Thomas, Video, Gloria Allred Video, Sexual Harrassment, Gloria Allred, Sexual Harrassment Definition, Mondays With Marlo, Women News

As the fourth woman to accuse Herman Cain of sexual harrassment steps forward with her account, many people are again asking, "What should I do if I'm...

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SlutWalk NYC Doesn't Speak For Everyone

Posted 11.29.2011 | New York
Read More: Sexual Harrassment, Brooklyn Sexual Assault, Union Square, Michael Sanguinetti, Rape Victims, Slutwalk, Slutwalknyc, Sexual Assault, New York News

This Saturday activists will gather in Union Square for SlutWalk NYC, an international, anti-rape march that was formed earlier this year in response ...

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Gloria Allred: What Is Sexual Harrassment? (VIDEO)

Posted 11.07.2011 | Women
Read More: Marlo Thomas, Video, Gloria Allred Video, Sexual Harrassment, Gloria Allred, Sexual Harrassment Definition, Mondays With Marlo, Women News

Acclaimed lawyer and activist Gloria Allred explains what what you should do if you believe you are the victim of sexual harassment. if(typeof AOLVP_...

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