Addressing Sexual Harassment in Gen Z
Addressing Sexual Harassment in Gen Z
Violence is a topic that remains hidden in the intimacy of people and of the
families due to situations conditioned by social class and culture, among them,
beliefs, shame and fear of reprisals. The violence experienced in the
homes have forced many countries to take measures for their prevention and
treatment, developing intervention programs to tackle this problem, the
nature and growing magnitude make attention, social services,
psychological and community support may be insufficient.
Thus, in accordance with the concern generated by this social issue and
with the multiple efforts being made to control it, the intention of the study is
focused on carrying out preventive, promotional actions and intervening directly with
the participants to work on their self-esteem and take ownership of
tools that would allow them to act in situations of violence.
An important aspect is the resilience process being worked on since it does not focus on
simply in coping with traumatic experiences, but also
included elements that enhance human relationships, providing security
personal and they make thinking flexible; which is of great help at the moment of decision making
of decisions.
PRACTICAL JUSTIFICATION
Report
Help create a safe work or school environment.
Offer support.
Educate your children
Teach adolescents about consent
METHODOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION
Report it. If you hear someone downplaying sexual violence or
if you see someone being harassed or attacked, report it. If you see that someone is being harassed or attacked, call
to the police immediately.
Help create a safe work or school environment. Ask about the
school or workplace programs that address abuse or aggression.
Know where to go to report harassment or violence against you or others.
people.
Offer support. If you know of any friend or family member who is in
an abusive relationship, offer them your support. Put them in touch with an organization
place that can help.
Educate your children. Tell your children that they can decide who can
touch them and where, including family members. Let them know that always
they can come to you if someone touches them inappropriately. Teach the children to
respect others and treat other people as they would like to be treated.
Teach teenagers about consent. Make sure that all
A teenager understands that any sexual contact or activity must be consensual.
free, voluntary, and clearly by both parties. Do it before they start to have
quotes.
HYPOTHESIS
For centuries, these forms of violence have remained invisible because they have been
normalized, considered as phenomena inherent to the 'natural order of the
things." However, in recent decades there is a growing interest in the
international organizations, public authorities, social actors, and the world
academic to eradicate this scourge, This has led to profound normative changes and
institutional. For example, currently, following the guidelines prohibits
explicitly sexual harassment and defining these concepts with some precision and
imposing on public or private companies the obligation to establish measures
to prevent these behaviors. In particular, in the field of Universities, there have been
widespread numerous protocols for the prevention of sexual harassment and bullying
gender-based reasons that articulate protection and care procedures for victims
At the same time, from the perspective of generalized social perception, a
recent number of behaviors that were not previously detected, or that
they were considered 'normal' or simply 'inevitable', provoke a deep rejection
on the part of the social majority. Without a doubt, there is also a movement of reaction
in the face of these institutional advances in the fight against harassment, but their speech already
it cannot be openly supported by the legitimization of male dominance nor
about the normalization of violence.
SCOPE
Spatial delimitation: University (UTEPSA)
Temporal Delimitation: Year 2022
Delimitation of the content: Sexual Harassment in Generation Z youth