This week is International #WorkplaceBullying Awareness Week.
Here are examples of bullying, which have been normalised, but impact a person's mental health and self esteem:
1. Being told continuously that they are incapable, not good enough. Called "stupid", "idiot" or worse.. 2. Singled out within a team by often being given impossible deadlines, tasks late on a Friday or late at night. In other words, doomed to fail.
3. Excluded from meetings, e-mails or information required to do their job.

What Malaysian teachers need to understand:
1. Rape jokes are wrong, and are part of rape culture. It’s also sexual harassment. #MakeSchoolASaferPlace 2. While, rape jokes on their own are not a crime, they clearly violate the duty of care educators and employers have towards students and employees. Schools/workplaces MUST act!

Dear Malaysians who are getting the AZ vaccine - congratulations, you're so fortunate. I've seen many asking about side effects so I thought I'd share my experience. A thread: I'm in the UK, and got my first jab last month - in Boots (yes, many pharmacies in the UK are rolling out the vaccine). Less than a km from home. My jab was at 2pm. I was told to stay close by for 15 mins (in case of allergic reactions), and sat outside - it was snowing.

This. And John Barrowman waving his d*** on set. The corporate world still struggles with sexual harassment but this would have got you fired immediately. Why are people allowed to get away with this in the entertainment world?

https://twitter.com/SusanArendt/status/1388142028773543936

It starts in drama school. Gaslight actors from young into believing that they have no rights over their bodies... So they are less likely to speak up later on. @BritishActorNet can share more.

https://twitter.com/floomahony/status/1388218211284529152

Did you know that the more bystanders to an incident, the less likely anyone will intervene - the Bystander Effect. Most people want to intervene but are unsure how to. Here are some reasons.

Sexual harassment is not a crime. Not in Malaysia, not in the UK, not in most jurisdictions in the world.

Crimes, like murder, theft and rape, need to be proven beyond reasonable doubt, in order to secure... facebook.com/animah.kosai/p… conviction. A crucial element of most crimes is mens rea - the intention - of committing a crime - and this needs to be proven beyond reasonable doubt.

The definition of Sexual Harassment does not follow the conventional criminal philosophy. I'll take the UK definition:

I see a lot of Malaysians and Singaporeans complaining about the haze (toxic smoke that blankets South East Asia nearly every year, since 1997 or before). How about doing something about it. Here are some suggestions...: FIND OUT. There is data everywhere. Besides DOE, @Greenpeace is a good place to start. There is data showing API readings, heat maps etc. But there are also a lot of gaps.

@TheUsopIbrahim says we can’t educate rapists so we must teach our daughters how to protect themselves. Don’t trust men who are not related to you. This statement is so ignorant, so let’s “teach” Usop who women can’t trust (unless they’re related to him).

https://twitter.com/TheUsopIbrahim/status/1124634041179824129

1. Yes, we can teach men not to rape. Most men don’t, won’t and have no inclination to rape. But let’s consider why some men are predisposed to violence and are unable to control their sexual urges.