I’ve just discovered your blog, and as a fellow CSA survivor, it’s so validating. I can’t watch any media that has sexual violence as a plot or subplot, but your analysis is so insightful. I’ve had my own experiences with the whisper network. It’s no defence at all against powerful harassers. And capitalism has its own goads that mean even if one is a target of/unwilling accomplice in said circle, maybe you stay on, because what choices do you have really? If you quit a job before ´something’ happens, how much support is guaranteed to you, even from one’s family? There are so many insidious factors and it makes me mad when people say she/they should just have quit.
Welcome Dee, I'm so glad you found your way here. The whisper network is no defence against the systems that enable and tacitly allow abuse, and it's always wrong to put the responsibility for preventing abuse on the person who's targetted. "You should just quit," is easy to say, but endlessly complicated to live. Thanks for being here. I'm so grateful that this work has reached you.
beautiful piece Clare on a hauntingly important subject. I like that it centres around the character you most often ignore. i'll give it a watch. thank you for your insights on it and relating stories to it. I too have had to deal with incidents similar to yours in the academic work world I left many years ago.
I’ve just discovered your blog, and as a fellow CSA survivor, it’s so validating. I can’t watch any media that has sexual violence as a plot or subplot, but your analysis is so insightful. I’ve had my own experiences with the whisper network. It’s no defence at all against powerful harassers. And capitalism has its own goads that mean even if one is a target of/unwilling accomplice in said circle, maybe you stay on, because what choices do you have really? If you quit a job before ´something’ happens, how much support is guaranteed to you, even from one’s family? There are so many insidious factors and it makes me mad when people say she/they should just have quit.
Welcome Dee, I'm so glad you found your way here. The whisper network is no defence against the systems that enable and tacitly allow abuse, and it's always wrong to put the responsibility for preventing abuse on the person who's targetted. "You should just quit," is easy to say, but endlessly complicated to live. Thanks for being here. I'm so grateful that this work has reached you.
beautiful piece Clare on a hauntingly important subject. I like that it centres around the character you most often ignore. i'll give it a watch. thank you for your insights on it and relating stories to it. I too have had to deal with incidents similar to yours in the academic work world I left many years ago.
Thanks for reading, Amy. I'm sorry that you've had to deal with harassment in the course of your work. Sending strength and solidarity to you x
Thanks Clare, Sorry for the long delay in replying. It was a long time ago and thankfully doesn't bother me now.