If you have been the victim of violent or intimidating actions by someone around you, be it your home or workplace, never hesitate to take any actions. This is pure harassment and you should stand against it. Never hesitate to do so, I repeat NEVER.
Harassment is if someone acts in a manner that makes you feel abused, insulted, or intimidated. For eg, it may be anyone you know or perhaps an unknown person you met on a bus. A few examples of harassment include inappropriate calls and messages, notes, emails or actions or online harassment and bullying, abuse, verbal assault, and attacks. And breaking the windows to scare you.
Try and tell the offender you don’t like the action and ask them to stop. If still, it doesn’t stop, take steps such as contacting the authorities and increasing your security. In certain cases, you should file a court injunction to keep the harasser away. Make it quite clear to the harasser and tell them the exact thing they are doing which makes you feel uncomfortable. Tell them their action is not acceptable and they need to stop.
However, if the individual continues to behave inappropriately, you should break off ties with them. Stop responding to their correspondence. Be explicit that if they try to harass you anymore, you will go way beyond your limits to punish them. Tell your boundaries for someone you’re going to see regularly. If the harasser is anyone you always have to see perhaps, someone at college or your work, you can always set limits that sound right to the situation. Tell the top management to force them to stop staying around or visiting your desk.
There’s a possibility that a person may pretend to be an acquaintance or follow you with a different profile on your social media. Closely check new links and validate their identity before any requests are approved.
Keep all texts and email communications you have got, particularly concerning any parameters you have imposed. Remember any important dates, including the day you asked for communications to end and keep any evidence to support this claim. Jot down an overview of what occurred, mentioning the date and location of each event.
Most organizations have regulations in place to cope with harassment. If the person concerned is a student or an employee, involving the management may put an end to the behavior. To go through this event alone is risky and terrifying. It’s vital to warn friends or family members that you’re being abused, and that you’re afraid of your protection. Be careful to keep people close to updated about your whereabouts on a routine basis, so they’ll know if anything happens beyond the norm.
From workplace harassment to sexual remarks and racial curses, there is no room for harassment.
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