Tag: Sexual Harassment
Radio Rookies
Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A
Friday, December 28, 2012
These days, many teenagers live half their lives on social media sites, and they're writing the rules as they go. One online trend 16-year-old Radio Rookie Temitayo Fagbenle finds disturbing is something she calls "slut-shaming," or using photos and videos to turn a girl's private life inside out.
Radio Rookies
Radio Rookies Hosts Live Chat For Teens on Sexual Cyberbullying
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Radio Rookies hosted an in-class live chat to coincide with a new story about sexual cyberbullying. Rookie Reporter Temitayo Fagbenle hosted a facilitated online conversation for high school students to discuss the issues her story brings to light.
Radio Rookies
Modern Day Letter A
Monday, December 03, 2012
16-year-old Temitayo Fagbenle is troubled by the fact that her Facebook newsfeed is inundated with sexually explicit photos and videos of other teenage girls that are posted, commented on, and shared countless times by her peers. Teenagers targeting and shaming each other isnt new but in the past the messages written on bathroom stalls only scarred a girls reputation during high school. Kids today are rightly taught that what goes on the internet stays on the internet and can pop up at any time. Temitayo brings listeners inside the cyber world of teenagers to explore how using the internet as a tool to ruin a reputation has repercussions far beyond the schoolyard.
Radio Rookies
Sex, Harassment & Video Games
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Recently a New York Times article delved into the issue of online gaming and sexual harassment. “Sexism, racism, homophobia and general name-calling are longstanding facts of life in certain corners of online video games.” But when do we draw the line?
When online gaming becomes a type of misogynistic and bigoted-bullying that goes beyond the world of avatars.
The Brian Lehrer Show
Confidentiality Provisions and Sexual Harassment Settlements
Thursday, November 03, 2011
CUNY Law Professor Rick Rossein talks about sexual harassment settlements in light of the accusations against Herman Cain from his days as head of the National Restaurant Association.
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The Takeaway
Gates, Rumsfeld and Pentagon Served Class-Action Suit
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his predecessor Donald Rumsefld are being accused of turning a blind eye to sexual harassment charges against women in the military, and they are now being sued. Seventeen current and former members of the military claim that this behavior by the Pentagon led to violence against women being tolerated. This meant that their Constitutional rights were violated. Jesse Ellison, writer and editor for Newsweek, and the author of blog Equality Myth, has the details of this lawsuit.
The Brian Lehrer Show
Jets Blue
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Barbara Barker, Newsday sportswriter and columnist, offers her take on the treatment of reporter Ines Sainz by some Jets players.
The Takeaway
As Recession Rages On, Male Sexual Harassment Claims Go Up
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
As is often the case during an economic recession, employment litigation claims are going up. But new statistics from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicate that, more than ever, sexual harassment claims are being filed by men.