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WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACT?!?!

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Author: Uriel Bravo

Last month, New York City, one of the largest and most well-known places in the entirety of the United States, passed the “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act”. Mainly focusing on the environments of workplaces, private companies employing 15 or more workers will have to indulge in training exercises regarding inappropriate behavior.

But think about it. Is it even worth it? In these training exercises, people have to answer online questions based off of pictures and determining what the right choice is. WOW. What training am I right? Like workers are going to easily remember what they answered. In many reports done by CNN, the newly formed training exercises and videos do not offer any chance of exceptional behavior within a workplace, rather focuses on avoiding legal lawsuits.

Now, with all of this information given, does this new act look like it can actually cause change or let’s say be the beginning steps to a new future? Let’s have a closer look.

The “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act” consists of 11 bills that will be demanding that workplaces commence anti-sexual harassment training. It will require full-time workers or part-time workers with at least 80 hours monthly to undergo training at least once a year; only once a year seems problematic already. Employees will have to need an employer’s signature in order to be 100% sure that they went through the ‘intense’ training exercises. Other than that, everything seems pretty simple as information sheets made by the city council will be given out and so forth, Now the real question is: Are these the steps to a new beginning?

Well, looking at the broader picture, it seems as if the NYC Council is listening to the people and are beginning to take action. But is it effective? A very dangerous and discriminatory issue is being looked at; yet, no one really pays any notice to it. The advertisements for these bills have been constantly seen on the subway, yet seem to be taking no effect. Why may that be? On the subway, no one really pays attention to the ads. People just want to get to their designated destinations and are always in a hurry.

Sexual Harassment is finally being looked at on a larger scale. The City Council is attempting to take action through these new bills, yet no one seems to know what is going on. What does it say about us? Is it the City Council’s fault that most of the society is unaware of what is going on?






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