Persuasive Essay On Sexual Harassment

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A sense of anonymity online gives someone an excuse to commit sexual harassment, or be more aggressive towards others. Sexual Harassment involves an unwelcome sexual advance that can cause a person to not be able to work well in their work environment as well as be uncomfortable in a personal environment as well. Social media has a sort of anonymity, which doubles, as a sort of shield to people who harass other’s online, and the law can only do so much for the victim. Sexual harassment, not only in person, but online can have devastating emotional, mental and physical repercussions to the victim who is being sexually harassed. Taking away the power the offender has is one of the ways to give the victim their life back, as well as making it …show more content…

The offender has a sort of “shield”, which makes them think that what they are doing is okay, and that the consequences of their actions are not their fault. “People lose their moral compass online. You can be as cruel as you want behind a screen because no one is immediately responding and you don’t have to face what you say/do,” (Duggan, 2014). Anonymity is one of the main factors as to why there is sexual harassment online, due to the fact that there is really no such consequence of harassing someone online.
The law, and justice system can only do so much about sexual harassment online. And of course there is the chance that the creator of the website where the harassment happened, will delete the account of the person who has done the harassing, but they can always create a new account, and even a new identity giving them even more sense of anonymity. But it also comes down to what the authorities are willing to do to the victims of online sexual …show more content…

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