Sexual Harassment in Comics TRIGGER
Sexual Harassment in Comics
TRIGGER WARNING! Sexual harassment being defined as: “Harassment includes offensive verbal comments related to race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, appearance, body size and religion, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, harassing photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact and unwelcome sexual attention.” Please note: where “harassment” and “assault” are called out separately it’s to gauge the number of incidents that involve physical situations versus spoken harassment, stalking, etc. All are taken very seriously and are worth discussing but in the interest of gathering data I’d love to know the difference in numbers of spoken harassment, stalking, etc. versus outright sexual violence. Where just “harassment” is used it’s meant to encompass all of the above. If you need support due to harassment, here are some excellent resources: http://www.rainn.org http://www.feminist.org/911/harass.html http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm
This is a survey about sexual harassment in comics culture/industry that was sent my way. I’m posting it to hopefully give it a larger sample space. Please don’t troll it (many people have, and they are also attacking the author and threatening her with assault, which is gross and ironic given the nature of the survey), because this is important and serious.