Sexual Assault and Harassment

Provides advice and specific skills for asserting and protecting your sexual rights, including what to say and do in uncomfortable or potentially dangerous situations, and where to get and give help.

Using groundbreaking studies, news stories, and interviews, this book underscores that there will never be gender equity until men stop harassing women in public spaces-and it details strategies for achieving this goal. * Compelling anecdotes pulled from hundreds of women's stories that detail what harassment they have experienced, how it makes them feel, and how it impacts their lives * Groundbreaking information from surveys conducted around the world detailing the number of women who experience street harassment, how often, and in what forms * Suggestions for numerous, concrete actions women and men can take to stop street harassment and information on over 20 anti-street-harassment initiatives now underway * Interviews with community activists to inspire readers to take action * A companion website, www.stopstreetharassment.com, features the results of two surveys conducted by the author and a presentation of myths vs. facts about street harassment

An examination of sexual harassment that focuses on the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings. Includes personal histories of a broad spectrum of American women.