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Shiu for ‘’Psiu’’
Stopping Daily Harassment With Women Fernanda Acatauassú Beckmann & Giovanna Gomes e Silva IFMSA - Brazil
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The violence and sexual harassment against women are an old problem to the society that stills an issue in nowadays. For that reason, we think it is very important to talk about daily harassment like ‘pick up like’ and whistle, which most people see as a normal attitude with no consequences. And it isn’t true. Women that suffer this kind of violence are susceptible to have psychological damage which may change their social behavior and daily life. From avoiding certain places and type of clothes to avoid getting out at all women in the actual society live with constant fear. To show the local population how serious this subjective is, the students of IFMSA-BRAZIL CESUPA realized the campaign “Shiu for Psiu!”(Stop the Psiu. - Psiu: a way of getting someone’s attention, commonly used in Brazil to call women on the streets). The main aim of the campaign was to raise awareness between the local population about how offensive sexual harassment may be and the psychologic consequences that may develop within the victims. To be able to talk with people the students were qualified by a psychologist who is a specialist in violence against women. She exposed some researches results confirming the expected consequences of sexual harassment and prepared the participants to be able to have a good and improved conversation with the locals.
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The campaign happened in two different moments. The first one was the qualification already describe and at a second moment the students went to a public space call “Portal da Amazônia” where they were able to tell and surprisingly listen a lot of histories. At this moment the students were split in smaller groups to turn the approach easier and each group choose how they were going to initiate contact. We gave them some choices and one example is that they could simulate a Harassment with each other or with someone who was passing by and ask them how did they feel and explain what was the reason. That kind of approach allowed us to show how inconvenient that can be. And we also explain the consequences that this kind of harassment can bring on and a lot of people were surprised to see and realize how serious that really is. At total 70 locals were interview by the students, mostly men, which had a lot of reactions. Some of them confessed that they used to do these actions with women, they thought that was normal and didn’t realize how that has a negative impact on that women’s life. Others at first seem to think like the most part of population but overlooked the conversation they start to fell and think different. The campaign helped people to think about this matter like a social problem and no longer like a daily attitude. And that made locals see that women have their rights broken in many ways that may seem like only small attitudes and moments, but that that just can’t keep happening. References SOUZA, Terezinha Martins dos Santos. Assédio Moral e Assédio Sexual: Interfaces. Revista Interfacehs. São Paulo, 2006.
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