Tag: metoo
I wrote earlier that I didn’t really feel like doing a review of last year, since there are not many things to look back at. 2017 was decidedly not my year. Looking back what I feel is as if I have completely skipped the whole year. All I can think about is work, I even had 10+ paid leave days remaining (i.e. going to waste), because there was always some reason not to take a day off. Of course I have all the intention now to change things, so that I would have a bunch of great stuff to look…
united-nations: Violence against women and girls manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms. With Saturday’s International Day to End Violence against Women, 16 days of activism starts. Let’s Orange The World together! Here are some facts that everyone should know: bit.ly/UNWomen-EndingViolence http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women
Happy Sunday! We are having a long weekend in Hungary due to a national holiday tomorrow, which I am trying to spend resting and catching up with family and friends at home. I hope you are having a great weekend too! Former US presidents appeared yesterday for a hurricane relief concert in Texas. Does this unique club of men ever make you feel nostalgic? Even the ones you never agreed with politically, at least they were competent. Just saying. Anyway, referring back to my #MeToo post, I have given quite a few thoughts to the issue these days, as it…
I have been reading numerous articles and posts these recent days. What made me decide to chime in is all the misunderstanding I see about the issue, and all the ignorant people who still don’t take the whole thing seriously. What I hope this huge amount of opinions and stories will achieve is to educate all affected (and those not affected) about what is appropriate and what is not. So, according to certain statistics, 8 out of 10 women have experienced sexual harrassment at least once in her life. Other times, the figures are lower, around 50%, indicating that the…