Woman Between Islam and Western Society
1. A Survey
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About 42 percent of federally employed
women were harassed in their jobs, stated a
recent two-year survey done by the Official
Merits Protection Board. Another 60 percent
of the members of the American Federation of
State, Country and Municipal Employees said
that sexual harassment was a frequent
problem for them. And between 1981 and
1985, the number of such complaints to the
Equal
Employment
Opportunities
Commission,
established
to
monitor
employment practices, shot up by 70 percent.
The complaints vary from the physical
violence of rape and assault to the insidious
harassment of unwanted pushing and
touching,
persistent
sexual
demands,
offensive
sexual
comments,
constant
conversations containing sexual innuendoes
and coarse language.
The offender usually makes his moves swiftly
and silently, when there are not witnesses
around. He is usually confident that fear,
embarrassment, and often the Hopelessness of
the situation will keep the victim from making
