Different Shapes of Clouds. Clouds can bring to mind a lot of things. Sometimes they look like soft puffs of cotton scattered across the sky. Other times, they bring to mind a thick and soft blanket that provides comfort in the cold. Or they can even look like feathers, just floating around as they gently ride the soft breeze. Truly, clouds can take all sorts of shapes and forms.
Sexual assault and sexual harassment are not the same, although they are related to each other. Sexual harassment is a form of gender discrimination that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
As Emily Hauser writes at Feministe, âEvery woman I know can tell a story of harassment or assault...Sexual threat or violence, or fear of same, is a constant in the lives of all women and girls. Full stop.â Ignoring sexual assault and downplaying sexual harassment is an attack on women. This is about more than the (allegedly predatory) clown named Herman Cain, and the mainstream mediaâs language should take that into account.