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Victims By Chey Orednick
What is a victim?
/ˈviktəm/
Noun
- A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
- A person who is tricked or duped: "the victim of a hoax".
Synonyms
prey - sacrifice - casualty - offering - oblation
What is Sexual Harassment?
- sex·u·al ha·rass·ment
- noun
- Harassment (typically of a woman) in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks
Victims of Sexual Harassment or Assault That Took Their Lives:
Audrie Pott
She was 15, and hung herself in the September of 2012 after the photos of her sexual assault circulated around her town on the internet.
Rehteah Parsons
Reteah was a Nova Scotia teen who was driven to suicide after photos of her sexual harassment went out to the world, via Facebook, similar to Audrie Pott.
Elizabeth "Lizzy" Seeberg
The 19 year old girl killed herself after almost being raped by a Notre Dame football player. The reason she killed herself nine days after the assault was because nothing was done about it.
And When Sexual Harassment is Common Practice...
For Those of You Who May Be Victims, and Thinking of Suicide..
Website: www.suicidehotlines.com
Phone: 1-800-273-8255
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