Wednesday, 25 April 2012

~LETS PLAY "WHAT IT IS"~

D'LADY FORECAST~

Just past play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.


Do you ever have idea or think that we can create a game from a social issue???
Or social issue can be a part of an interactive online game???
Last few days I have found a game that related to sexual harassment issue.
and I'm really proud with their brilliant idea.
They proved that there are many ways to raise awareness among community.

"WHAT IT IS"
is one of a unique digital quiz game
challenging sexual violence against youth.


It is an initiative of METRAC 
(Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children)
The game’s design and content 
was guided by diverse young people, 
including a Youth Advisory Team made up of youth members.
The quizzes will help you to identifying and solving sexual violence.
You will totally enjoy the game.
Because the characters of the game are interesting and the game also shows a real life situation.
Such as in the cafeteria,


Public transit

Park;

The quiz;

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR...Let's try out this game~

LINK;

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

~CAN WE CATERGORIZED SEXUAL HARASSMENT?~


D'LADY FORECAST~

Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; 
then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.

The answer is YES.
Generally, there are two distinct forms of sexual harassment.
Often these forms overlap or occur simultaneously.
Let’s see their brief introduction;


QUID PRO QUO
-It means, essentially “you do something for me and I’ll do something for you.
-may means sex for grades in context of among students or other favors.
-Includes an offer of special treatment 
 such as awarding a better grade in return for sexual favors.
-For example; a teacher threatens a student with some penalty 
 if she does not consent to have sexual relationship with him.
-One of critically serious concern.
-Raises questions regarding rape, sexual abuse, 
 sex with a minor, and other equally serious issues.


HOSTILE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
-Is the most prevalent and misunderstood form of sexual harassment.
-Any, sexually-oriented conduct or any sexual oriented atmosphere 
 that is intimidating or offensive to a reasonable woman, 
 can be constructed as creating a hostile educational environment.
-It concept is so confusing because men and women often 
 perceive the very same behavior in quite different ways.
-What a woman might consider blatantly offensive
 a man might consider innocuous.
-In order for sexually unwelcome and offensive behavior 
 to be considered to have created a hostile educational environment, 
 the behavior must be “sufficiently pervasive and severe”.

References/Resources;
-Sexual Harassment on Campus, Bernise R.Sandler, 1997; Ally & Bacon

Monday, 16 April 2012

~COMFORT ZONE~


D'LADY FORECAST~

To the degree we're not living our dreams, 
our comfort zone 
has more control of us than we have over ourselves.

A few things must be said about how women perceive sexual harassment.
Not all women perceive all of the same behaviors as sexual harassment.
This had been proved by the survey that I had been conducted.
This survey had been done through online.
The respondents which were among my friends had been helped me a lot.
In this survey, they only need to answer the question 
from the form in the GOOGLE DOC.
that had been created by myself.


Through this way, I realized that this is one of 
the most effective ways to conduct a survey.
Because you can save your time, your respondent time, 
money to print out the forms, respondents feel more comfortable, 
easy to collect data and analyze data.

The survey conducted revealed that;

The survey show that most of women surveyed saw
sexual assault or sexual proposition as sexual harassment.
There is no right or wrong answer for this survey.
All the answer given is sexual harassment.
But, this shows that all people have a different series 
of comfort zones that they draw around themselves. 
Normally, in our interactions we allow people 
to get closer and have more personal interactions 
only as we feel more comfortable with them. 


In a casual conversation with a stranger 
we are likely to share little personal information, 
allow no touching, and keep a fair amount 
of space between ourselves and the stranger. 
As we feel more comfortable with a person and 
get to know them better, we are likely to 
allow them to stand closer to us, 
perhaps put a hand on our shoulder and 
even joke or tease us. 
It is only our dearest friends or family members 
that are given permission to enter the closest circle of intimacy.


Each of us has different comfort zones.
We each select who will enter our comfort zone and for what purpose.
Problems can arise when we think that 
because we have included someone in our comfort zone, 
they have an obligation to include us in theirs.


For example, a close male friend might tell a female, 
“You look so sweet in that skirt”
and she might feel complimented. 
She has allowed him inside of her comfort zone 
by giving him permission to comment on her physical appearance. 
However, another male may make a similar comment
and same girl may put it outside the comfort zone and be offended.

#thank you again to all participants of this survey >.<

Sunday, 15 April 2012

~THEY ALSO CONCERN : AWARENESS GLOW FROM SINAR.FM~

D'LADY FORECAST~

Concern should drive us into action 

Thumbs up to one of the Malaysia’s Radio Station.
Radio Station also one of a good media sources 
to bring awareness among community.
And this had been proved by SINAR.fm.

*from GoogleImage
Recently, they advertise about sexual harassment issue.
We can hear they spread their awareness words in the commercial break.


One of the lines is,
“hanya anda yang mampu mengubahnya dan semuanya bermula dari anda…”

“ONLY YOU CAN CHANGE IT AND IT STARTS FROM YOU…”
There's also a line that persuade community to respect each other.
This shows that they concern about this issue
and support sexual harassment awareness.
They also tend to make a social change
with their own way.
So, how about you?
You also can make a social change with your own way~
#This is my mother’s favorite radio station and every morning she will listen to it before she turn on the TV.