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Katie* is one of three female paramedics who have shared their experiences of being "hounded" for sexual favours in return for passing training, getting a promotion or simply keeping their jobs.

Although these remarks were often dismissed as "jokes" or "banter", Katie says, occasionally it shifted into a "monumental" abuse of power.

"Handjobs. Blowjobs. They were obsessed with blowjobs," she says.

Once I made a mistake with a patient, and a colleague tried to blackmail me into having sex with him. It was horrendous. When I told him no, he said, "watch your back, because I could rape you".

I don't know how you change this culture. When posters saying "We Do Not Tolerate Sexual Harassment" were put on the doors in the ladies toilets, a man crossed out the "Not" and drew a penis next to a woman's mouth.

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[-] Timii@biglemmowski.win 159 points 3 months ago

This sounds like grounds for a lawsuit, not a news article. Make them pay (literally) for being assholes.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 74 points 3 months ago

The rape threat should have been reported to the police when it happened imho

Doing via media won't get anything done. If the org is really this bad, they are covering up and adjusting as we speak.

You can't fix this shit via court of opinion. Pests don't care.

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

The rape threat should have been reported to the police when it happened imho

There's a better chance of that happening nowadays vs as little as a year ago. And "reporting" often bears a trauma of its own.

Five, ten years ago?
Buried.

[-] Ozymati@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 months ago

And then the reporter can enjoy their retaliatory unemployment and blacklisting, probably.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago

Probably true,

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