SOCB51H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pubic Hair, Jian Ghomeshi, Anita Hill
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After a week of people wondering about the dress, there were domestic abuse campaigns. The verdict didn"t say that the women were making it up or they didn"t happen. The judges didn"t say any right way to act after someone has been assaulted. There was no real right way to act. Some victims deny or become silent, some are infatuated with the assaulter or some remember things that don"t make sense. This was a setback for victims coming forward to the police. Universities and sexual harassment and sexual assault on campuses. There are different legal verdicts by canada and the us. In canada, it"s governed by provincial human rights codes. In the us, most american universities have large police forces. In ontario, we have peace officers and they"re not armed in universities. Sexual violence can be handled by outside police forces who handle serious criminal offenses while universities handle sexual harassment cases.
