Moving From Judgment Conflict to Healing Support Caution: Taking About rEVOLUTION in Regina About Harassment/Bullying - From confrontation to healing processes. When a woman complains about being harassed by a male(s), do you think that male(s) responds by asking to sit down, perhaps with the assistance of a mediator, to try to understand and listen - maybe even learn about what behaviours are problematic? This is a serious dialogue about to take place on this page and you are invited to join in. This needs to be addressed. I have too many women friends who are not doing well because they chose to complain about discrimination and/or harassment. One had to change her fb name, one had to shut down her fb blog, one was fired while she was medically ill, one had her elected position eliminated while on maternity leave, and three are still not at work and under medical care while the males are still working. Maybe it is time for this community to have a by-law passed which creates a pro-active response and support program for women in this community who suffer harm from harassment/bullying/discrimination - compulsory anti-harassment training and education + the right to refuse work with full pay and benefits for all those exposed to this toxic psychological and sometimes physical poison including those who witness it and/or chose to support its elimination + specially trained women who can go to the scene or to the womans home immediately, paid for by the city (just like police forces are)+ and a public social media and media advisory service for that service to make citizens aware of issues if they deem it necessary to have this toxicity eliminated from our city + authority for the mediators to make binding orders enforceable by the police and the courts. This would be to supplement the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission in carrying out its legal mandate to eradicate discrimination in this province. Investigations take too long and have too many problems. When a woman complains about bad behaviour ( yes, as THEY see it), our societal response cannot be confrontation built on a system of guilt/innocence. It should be an immediate response to listen, learn and acknowledge what happened with the women by our community. And a required mediation for those affected to do the same - a directed mediation (meaning the mediator has authority to create and if necessary enforce measures to resolve, not punish, but to end the harm.) ** I ... the word complain because that is what we call it as a society, a complaint. It is simply and actually a woman saying I do not like this treatment, sir. And asking for help. Can we evolve to a place where many original cultures/peoples/societies did hundreds/thousands of years ago - this is a social and collective problem that does not belong in the adversarial system. Nor is patriarchy an appropriate system to deal with it. Stop. Listen. Learn and heal the wounds through mediation or a healing ceremony Please! Join and Share :-) in this discussion.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:21:12 +0000
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