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Need Advice! Sexual Harassment from my Mentor

I Have Been Sexually Harassed I had an older mentor. I was 14 and he was 25. He sounded very smart to me and very helpful. But then he started to take advantage of me. It was over the internet but even so it was like he had a hold on me. He made me do things. I trusted him. He told me he likes doing things with younger girls because he knows it's wrong. Now every time I see someone who looks like him I hide. I'm always scared he'll find me again and hurt me...

My university upsets me

One tenured, famous professor discussing with straight male grad students which female grad students are “hot”; describes some as “dogs” grad students loudly discussing at a quasi-official departmental event which prominent female philosophers they would sleep with and why

What should I do as female student in my school??

It annoys me when other grad students roll their eyes and loudly sighing at questions they perceive to be obvious or confused (and faculty failing to call out such behavior). But when a male says something, they think he's right without a doubt! This experience made me grimmace. a visiting faculty giving a talk on the topic of cognitive penetrability being asked by the moderator whether a particular case would count as “double penetrability .. uh oh… *planned pause for comic effect* … *uproarious laughter by everyone except for the speaker who looks annoyed*”

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Have Been Sexually Harassed

I had an older mentor. I was 14 and he was 25. He sounded very smart to me and very helpful. But then he started to take advantage of me. It was over the internet but even so it was like he had a hold on me. He made me do things. I trusted him. He told me he likes doing things with younger girls because he knows it's wrong. Now every time I see someone who looks like him I hide. I'm always scared he'll find me again and hurt me.

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Is this my fault

I always seem to get harassed by the security guards at the buildings where I work… From obvious sexual stares to getting asked for dates, etc…Also a maintenance worker at a job I worked at asked me if I was on a diet and told me not to loose anymore weight because he liked the way my thighs looked in my pants.

"No, it's not your fault! You shouldn't have to deal with these remarks. You can report this type of harassment to your building supervisor or manger. This isn't okay!"