1. Sexual Harassment & Technology Safety
Jesse Allen
Safe School Counselor

2. UNWANTED  UNINVITED  UNWELCOME
Harassment:
to create an unpleasant or hostile situation by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct 
UNWANTED  UNINVITED  UNWELCOME

3. Physical Sexual Harassment
Grabbing or touching someone, especially his/her body parts
Tearing or pulling down a person's clothing
pantsing or scooping
Purposely bumping or rubbing against a person
Kissing or holding a person against his/her will
Impeding a person's movements or preventing a person for moving freely

4. Verbal Sexual Harassment
Comments about body parts or rating people's bodies
Sexual suggestions or threats
Spreading sexual rumors or stories
Sexual comments/jokes
asking someone who they like, asking someone out as a joke
Using sexual orientation as an insult

5. Non-Verbal Sexual Harassment
Staring or pointing at a person's body or body parts
Making obscene gestures
Displaying obscene sexual material online/photo shop
Writing people's names along with sexual remarks, suggestions or drawings
in public places (locker, desk, book)
Texting obscene words or inappropriate images to another person
Other types of harassment: Racial intolerance, jokes, slurs, gossip

6. Gender Stereotypes
Males prove their masculinity and don’t show emotions
Girls are feminine and emotional
~ Times have changed! Dads stay at home, while moms work Why do we tease each other for old stereotypes?

7. Being Kind
More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED.

8. Getting In Touch How are you feeling? Irritability, anger or hostility
Frequent crying
Withdrawal from friends/family
Loss of interest in activities
Poor school performance
Changes in eating and sleeping

9. What to do? Talk to a friend, family member, clergy, coach
ANY TRUSTED ADULT
Counselors on campus to speak with
Suicide Prevention Lifeline TALK
24 hour Suicide Prevention Hotline CRISIS
Trevor Project (LGBTQ)
County Crisis Line

10. A random person contacts you, would you chat with them?
Question
A random person contacts you, would you chat with them?
Why?

11. Would you send a picture of yourself to someone you don’t know?
Question
Would you send a picture of yourself to someone you don’t know?

12. Sexting
Sending explicit images of yourself or of someone else is sexual harassment and against the law.
Sending obscene sexual material or texts.
In some states it is a felony and the sender and/or receiver can be labeled a sexual predator.
It is possession, manufacturing and/or distribution of child pornography

13. Do you care what strangers think about you?
Question
Do you care what strangers think about you?

14. Question
When someone says something mean on social media, how do you handle it? Think about a time when you had a conflict with a friend, either online or offline. What are some ways they could have handled it differently?

15. Effective January 2011 Using a fake online profile or to harm others can lead to a fine of up to $1,000 and/or one year in jail It is a felony to threaten someone of bodily injury or death via phone, text or any electronic communication Even if you were “just kidding” if the recipient believes it is a real crime than it is a valid crime

16. Example of harassment Notice bystander responses/styles What is the message?

17. Roasting A form harassment
What does it mean to be a good bystander in this situation?
What does it mean to be a good bystander online?

18. Take Technology Breaks
rule

19. Technology & Sleep
Phones, tablets and computers emit blue wavelength light which… increases cortisol in brain = more alert inhibits production of melatonin = difficult to fall asleep

20. Technology & Sleep
National Sleep Foundation Turn off all devices an hour prior to bedtime Mayo Clinic Keep technology 14” away from face and dim the brightness

21. Social Media Makes You Sad
Study in Psychology Today
Looking at social media makes people depressed
People only post the happy moments

22. Technology & Mental Health
What do we gain when we look at our phones in social situations?