Item 3: Waneh Sexual Assault eneh Sexual Harassment?

“Where you-me markeh dah line por spik e sexual assault, eneh spik e sexual harassment?”

“E sexual harassment ip I tusseh someone lor non-sexual body part, when I nor be geddeh pass from dempla ah?”

“Ip I kisseh someone, when dempla nor be gibbeh me pass, e assault ah?”

Too muss peepol gad question bout waneh e mean when e mention “sexual assault” eneh “sexual harassment”.

Youmpla lissen dem two names lor media, school, uni, eneh work, but, dem two name gad dipperent meanings, eneh meanings between dem two e nor prapa clear. While connection bor dem two e mina closetoon, e gad main dipprences lor dem two, mainly lor court and law meanings.

Muss keep lor mind; no matter tha name bor dem two, dempla both causeh mina serious harm — eneh dat wan e main message yah.

When yumpla larn waneh sexual assault, eneh sexual harassment e mean, yumpla gor cum more good por mekrout when e happen, eneh peeleh more good por makeh sumting por stap em prom happen gen.

Waneh sexual assault eneh sexual harassment?

Sexual assault e mean when sumone e play lor emotion bor you, tusseh you gad force or trickeh you por sex, but you nor be wandeh em, eneh you nor be gibbeh em pass por makem.

When yumpla lissen sexual assault, yumpla mind e stap lor rape. Tha rape e connect lor meaning bor sexual assault, eneh sexual assault e also connect por nudda tings, wasseh:

• Partner bor someone talk eneh pressure em partner por makeh sexual sometings lor bed, but e nor right lor dah partner, or em nor ready por makem, but em e mutha cave in coz em pright or em peel em hap to makem.
• When you makeh someone have sex lor you, nor gad condom, but em b askeh you pass por weareh condom.
• Sumone makeh all sexual ting por nuddah person when em sleep, knocked out, or too dronk por gad prapa sense por gree por sex.

Sexual harassment e mean any sexual passin, where e makeh sumone peel nudakine upset, pright eneh bullied or makeh bad passin. E still sexual harassment, even ip you nor be mean por make-em peel demkine way, tha way you makeh the person peel e waneh matters.

E can be when someone tusseh you but nor geddeh pass from you — wasseh, when someone mean por tusseh thigh bor you, or makeh sumting where e makeh you pright, wasseh ip stranger wasseh you lor bus stop, hard-one eneh makeh you feel nadakine.

Sexual harassment nor stap lor physical, front-lor-pace sumtings. E include tings wasseh:

• Someone spik scruss comment por you eneh spik waneh all wandeh makem por you sexually
• Friend bor you downeh nudda person when em makeh sexual joke bout dah nuddah person body
• Saneh naddah person’s neket photo eneh nor gad pass, or kasa showeh sumone porn eneh nor be letteh em know pass

IT or mobile phone abuse e mean when sumone useh technology por harmeh sumone, where e connect por something sexual e mean sexual violence. Lor Australia, image eneh online abuse e iliegal. Dah sexual abuse, where e come from technology, can look wasseh:

• Saneh sexual messages or pixars, but nor gad pass por sanem
• Forceh someone por saneh neket photo/s
• Saneh naket photos gor, but nor gad pass from the neket person lor photo
• Makeh sexual jokes or sexual threat lor someone post

Waneh tha law spik?

Lor law, sexual harassment eneh sexual assault offence, e separate offence prom one-nutha, eneh punishment e come from how nor-good tha assault/harassment, eneh wis state or territory e b happen.

E important por undastand all laws round sexual harassment eneh assault, work-mout-em prom waneh be happen eneh waneh nor be happen lor law, can misseh waneh algeddah be happen.

Sexual harassment eneh assault can makeh mina big emotional eneh mental health harm, eneh makeh sumbody pright por mix lor peepol outside prom court eneh law. E mina good por tinkbout action bor you-me affect nadah peepol — nor only por stap prom trouble, but por showeh respect por peepol eneh keepeh yumpla safe. Plus, we wandeh have fun, gumzirr sexual feelings or nor harm peepol!

Peepol sometime tinkbout, because law gad dipprent level por sexual harassment eneh assault, e mean one level e nor muss serious wasseh dah nutha level. Waseh spik:

“E only hullah por you — e nor wasseh b tusseh you.”

But demkind way por think e misseh dah point. Por makeh dipprent harm same-kine, e makeh sumone peel wasseh waneh be happen por em e nor matter.

E also nor mekrout dah way dah comment, joke or wassem sumone hard-one can start por weaken pride, makeh dempla peel more bard inside lor dempla, or makeh dempla gad two mind por por peel safe lor workplace, school of lor community bor dempla.

E can be hard por sumone closetoon por you por letteh you know dempla bin harassed or assaulted. E normal por gad two-mind bout waneh you gor spik or waneh u gor makem. Lissen por dempla, but nor judgeh dempla, believe waneh dempla spik, eneh pind-out wiskine dempla wandeh you por support dempla, e mind good way por start. You can study more bout wiskine you can gibbeh support por victim surbiber yah.

When sexual abuse e happen por dem surbiber bor demkine abuse, e makeh dempla peel wasseh all nor gad power, so e mina serious por dempla takeh control bygen, eneh makeh dempla own choices. You can showeh dempla dem helplines eneh counselling services, but, letteh dempla makeh own mind up por report or nor, eneh lor time bor dempla.

Once we sabeh all dipprent kine sexual harassment eneh assault, we gor sabeh more, eneh sabeh waneh action we can makem, gibbeh support por friend, eneh sabeh when mepla come victim bor dem-kine abuse.

Ebry style bor sexual harassment eneh assault e add-up por makem look wasseh sexual violence e normal culture/ginarr/way. E more den waneh law e spik, too. E more bout respecting dah right bor ebryone por peel safe eneh respected lor life bor dempla.