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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Ep 8 | Predatory Men? Harassment vs. Dating

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Jameela Jamil's tweets on harassment kicked off a conversation about predatory dating in the era of #MeToo. Whether it's catcalling or compliments, where's the line between flirtation and predatory behavior? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to the show. Today we're going to be talking about harassment and dating,

0:04.4

or rather harassment versus dating. They are not the same thing as we will get into.

0:10.0

But first, I would like to quickly acknowledge that when we're talking about harassment in general,

0:14.8

it's true that men are more likely than women to be harassed.

0:18.0

But when we're talking about sexual or street harassment specifically, which is the focus of this video, women are the ones who are more

0:24.4

likely to be targeted. And that's not to say that men can't be sexually harassed because unfortunately

0:29.6

sexual harassment can and does happen to both men and women but for the purposes of this

0:34.4

video we will be focusing on that small group of men who chooses to harass women.

0:39.1

Now Jamila Jamil who is an actress that you may be familiar with from her role in the good place,

0:44.0

recently wrote a series of tweets explaining her experiences with harassment.

0:47.8

She wrote that, was at the shops with my friend, man augels me.

0:51.3

Man then approaches me to give me his number. I explain I have a boyfriend but thank him for the offer.

0:56.2

Man then threatens my career saying I better remember that I rejected him and then shouts at me that I'm low class.

1:02.2

Now obviously that is a really crappy and

1:04.6

creepy thing to happen to someone and when Jamila shared that tweet a lot of

1:08.3

people of course were voicing their support for her but a lot of women also

1:11.8

began sharing similar encounters they had had with men.

1:14.7

When user commented that I once had something in my eye while driving and used the rearview

1:18.2

mirror to get it out, the guy in the car behind me thought I was winking at him and followed

1:22.1

me all the way home.

1:23.2

I was terrified I had no idea someone was following me.

1:26.4

And someone else added that it's gross that you had to mention that you were

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