Thoughts on Sexual Harassment

Having recently participated in a mock trial on the topic of sexual harassment I would like to simply share my thoughts on the matter. I may have some very different opinions on the matter but I would attribute this to the role I played. I acted as a sexual harassment expert who insisted that cases in trials should be seen from the "reasonable victim's point of view" I may or may not be biased because of this but to me it makes sense. This theory states that as long as the victim is not crazy or overly paranoid then the severity of the sexual harassment should be viewed from their perspective. In this way, what might have been normal for a guy touching the shoulder of his co-worker and making crude jokes, just like he does with his friends could actually be very taxing on perhaps a fellow woman co-worker in the same office. That was exactly the case that I tried to make in the trial as it was a feud between co-workers but sadly the plaintiff wasn't exactly normal. having grown up without much interaction with other males other than her abusive older brothers, it was a difficult case but I will definitely view sexual harassment from a different perspective now.