{"id":84,"date":"2005-08-30T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2005-08-30T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2005-08-31T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2005-08-31T10:38:40","slug":"sexual-assault-or-just-harmless-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/machinegunkeyboard.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Sexual assault… or just ‘harmless fun?’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"it's In the vast majority of the stories<\/a> in<\/a> Australian<\/a> mainstream<\/a> meeeeja<\/a> about the fall of Grogden,  the aspect which is played most heavily is the dismissal of Helena Carr as a ‘mail-order bride.’ While the former NSW Lieberal Party leader’s gaffe regarding Helena is certainly heinous and by itself warranted his sacking, very few<\/a> stories are covering the angle of the sexual assault and harassment of two female journalists. Bloggers<\/a> are doing a better job in raising these issues<\/a>, but I’m a little surprised at the paucity of coverage even among this group. <\/p>\n

Groggo did what all sexual harassers do when confronted with their deeds; he dismissed and minimised his unwelcome sexual advances as ‘all harmless fun.’ Worse, the mainstreams are in large part letting him do this without question, accepting his diluted apology to the women. If you’re truly sorry about something, you express your remorse without qualification, you don’t try to evade, minimise or dismiss a complaint. You’re either sorry about your behaviour and intend to change it- or you’re not. <\/p>\n

Some men just don’t understand that they have no natural right to sexually access women. These case studies in the HREOC<\/a> website demonstrate the level of denial that many men exhibit in the course of sexual harassment or assaults.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sexual harassment <\/a>is fairly narrowly defined but can be comprised of quite a number of actions, including:<\/p>\n