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"My boss keeps making lewd suggestions and keeps brushing up against me inappropriately, is this sexual harassment?" "Yes, this would likely be considered sexual harassment," answers a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, which aims to help people find out if they are being harassed in the workplace or at universities. The tool was created by two women in the United Kingdom and will officially launch on International Women's Day, March 8. "One of the main reasons that people don't report sexual harassment is that they don't know whether they've been subject to it or not," co-founder Ruth ...
Euronews (English)
French actor Gérard Depardieu is facing a new complaint of sexual assault, this time from a set decorator who alleges he groped her during filming in 2021. In a complaint to the Paris prosecutor’s office, she accuses him of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sexist insults, her lawyer said on Monday. The 53-year-old woman alleges he grabbed her and “kneaded her waist and stomach up to her breasts” during the filming of “Les Volets Verts” (The Green Shutters). Her lawyer said other people intervened to stop the alleged incident. It is the second allegation of sexual misconduct by the 75-yea...
Euronews (English)
Former Spanish football president Luis Rubiales is to face trial for kissing forward Jenni Hermoso without her consent during the World Cup final awards ceremony in Sydney. Investigative judge Francisco de Jorge ruled on Thursday that Rubiales’ kiss was “unconsented and carried out unilaterally and in a surprising fashion,” the court said. State prosecutors accused Rubiales of sexual assault and for allegedly trying to coerce Hermoso to publicly support him in the public backlash against him. Despite initially claiming he was the victim of a campaign led by “false feminists,” Rubiales eventual...
Euronews (English)
The Spanish player who was kissed on the lips by Spain's former football chief during the Women's World Cup final appeared in court on Tuesday to give evidence in the sexual assault case against the former official. Jenni Hermoso was at the Madrid court to give her account of the kiss by former Royal Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales following Spain's victory over England in the final in Sydney in August. "Everything went well," Hermoso told reporters afterwards. "The judicial process will continue and I thank you for the support that many of you have given me." The incident spar...
Euronews (English)
By Ritika Jain A Delhi Court today granted interim bail to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Singh and his aide Vinod Tomar in the case where women wrestlers have alleged sexual harrasment against them. However, it is pertinent to point out that Delhi Police had not arrested Bhushan or Tomar till date. Special public prosecutor Atul Srivastava, representing Delhi Police opposed bail. Though, Srivastava said, if court was inclined to grant bail it must be on the condition that Singh, and Tomar do not influence the witnesses. Special Judge Harpreet Singh Jaspal, who presides...
BOOM Live
Tennessee state lawmaker Scotty Campbell (R) resigned on Thursday, following the publication of the results of an ethics subcommittee investigation into sexual harassment allegations. Campbell, the vice chair of the Tennessee House Republican Caucus, was found to have sexually harassed at least one legislative intern. The findings were reported by Nashville local news Thursday morning, who then pressed Campbell live on air about the allegations. Although the victim declined to comment on the story, an email given to the news station by her family gives some details of the case. The email provi...
uPolitics.com
By Hazel Gandhi A video of BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)'s chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh slapping a wrestler on stage is going viral following the sexual harassment claims made against him recently. BOOM found that the video is from an U-15 National Wrestling Championship tournament in Ranchi, which was held in 2021. Several high-profile wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, and Ravi Dahiya participated in a three-day protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, demanding BJP MP and WFI chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh to resign. The wrestlers have accused Singh a...
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A top donor for former President Donald Trump, who has accused Corey Lewandowski, head of Trump’s super PAC, of repeatedly making unwanted sexual advances, filed the police report about the incident on Friday. Trashelle Odom, a Trump supporter from Idaho, alleged that Lewandowski that while seated next to her at a charity dinner in Las Vegas, talked about his genitalia, bragged about his sexual performance and touched her repeatedly. “On the evening of September 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada, I attended a dinner to support a charity and spend time with wonderful friends,” Odom said in a statement. “...
uPolitics.com
From power struggles to peer pressure, here are seven types of intimidation you’ll encounter in Japan—and some ways to turn the tables. A few years ago, after seemingly being pigeonholed as an English teacher in job after job, I was excited to finally have my first non-teaching office position in Japan. My excitement waned, however, with each red flag I noticed. I was repeatedly held late at the office, alone with the much older male CEO, while my coworkers were given permission to leave. I was pressured several times into drinking alone with the CEO, while other coworkers never were. And fina...
Savvy Tokyo
The privately made ad aims to enlist the help of onlookers to change Japan’s permissive approach to sexual violence toward women.One of Japan’s most striking public awareness commercials was released last month, but you won’t see it on TV because it was not made by Advertising Council Japan. The #ActiveBystander campaign against sexual violence toward women was made by two Japanese women and is raking up views on social media and understanding among watchers.The ad portrays six common cases of sexual harassment that women in Japan experience on a daily basis: upskirting on an escalator; a ‘but...
Savvy Tokyo
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