Amyra Dastur Quotes

Sexual Harassment ... unwanted sexual advances against women employees by male supervisors, bosses, foremen or manager

I've experienced harassment. I've had male comedians be very inappropriate.

Sexual harrassment and abuse is intolerable.

The boys in junior high get really lewd and say outrageous stuff to the girls. If somebody yelled the stuff at me that I've heard at junior high schools I've visited, I'd be scared and humiliated.

For a number of years at my public elementary school in rural Maine, I was treated like all the other girls in school. That changed in September 2007 when a male classmate, set on a path by his grandfather, followed me into the girls' restroom. The end result was that I had to use the school's staff bathroom - just me, no one else.

In many cases, women are being harassed by people who are on their board or who are associated with one of their venture capitalists.

Early in my career, I was subjected to harassment in the form of some unwelcome suggestive comments and overtures.

I made advances towards multiple women in work-related situations, where it was clearly inappropriate. I put people in compromising and inappropriate situations, and I selfishly took advantage of those situations where I should have known better. My behavior was inexcusable and wrong.

I was sexually harassed while building Rent the Runway - propositioned, sent sexual text messages, harassed and threatened in person.

Workplace harassment and gender discrimination exist in all spheres, not just films. I have been lucky enough not to face it, but I don't deny its existence.

Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.

I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get an extra hundred bucks for a photo. It's really rough.

I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know.

You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.

Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?

The fast food industry is rife with sexual harassment. These kids need the job and the supervisors--almost all male--take advantage of them.

Guys always follow me into the bathroom and ask for pictures and stuff.

Even though we have laws against it and HR departments to handle it, a woman - especially if she is young and just starting out - can never be sure that reporting harassment won't hurt her career.

When I was younger, of course I had people act inappropriately to me. I've had certain directors yell at me. But I didn't stand for it, and I didn't let it go far enough for it to be in any way abusive to me.

Sometimes when women come forward about sexual harassment, they're seen as a troublemaker.

I'm accustomed to being harassed.

The allegations against Harvey Weinstein are clearly deplorable. No matter how many great films he's bullied into production, or his guilt-induced contributions to left-minded ideals, this kind of intimidation and abuse of power is perverse and utterly unforgivable. Period.

A woman can be harassed and then go on to have a good working relationship with the man harassing her.

I deplore sexual harassment.

I can recall an instance where I was in a meeting at work giving a presentation in front of my board of directors. I was taking questions at the end and someone asks, 'Is that your hair real?' The man then reached out and started stroking my hair. It was completely bizarre to me.