Some Christians I've met don't seem to be completely familiar with what the term "sexual harassment" means.--And it's just as well if people haven't had experience with the topic! But I'd like to explain to give them a better idea of what happened to me in the past. And there was a story in the Bible about someone who had a similar problem.
It was Joseph who was working as a slave in Egypt, in the house of a respected man named Potiphar. One day, Potiphar's wife decided she wanted to be intimate with Joseph. And Joseph refused. So, the lady became angry and she made a false accusation against Joseph. She grabbed his coat and claimed that Joseph had tried to attack her. Did she say Joseph left his coat behind when she turned down his advances? Something like that.
In sexual harassment, the perpetrator takes some negative action against someone who turns him/her down. They penalize the unwilling person. [And it's against the law.] In the above case, Joseph was sent to prison for attempted rape.--It was a serious charge! The actions aren't usually that extreme but sometimes they are.
What happened to me was that I believed my former landlady had sexually harassed me and she had driven me out of my home for turning her down. [The details are explained more fully in my first blog.] She claimed the basement apartment was legally too small for my son and me, although she had let us rent it just a few months before. And she had offered me the use of an extra room in the basement if I was willing to go along with her, etc.
It wasn't my landlady who put criminal charges on me but then someone who was connected to the landlord/tenant agency did.--And my official case was brought into the court, with underhanded tactics.... The criminal part wasn't exactly part of the sexual harassment but it seemed awfully close, at the time...! And I've had to deal with all this business for some time.
[My contacts and I have been working on the criminal matters and other things that have happened to me in the past--as I've been explaining in my three blogs. We've been making progress, even though nothing has been publicized, so far. And I pray that I'll have strength to get through to the end.--Hopefully, it won't be too much further!?]
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