Call sexual harassment to sue easily, not to disregard for crime

Is the word sexual harassment light?

Between language reform and restoration

When sexual harassment is taken up as an incident, I often see these words on SNS.

"This is a crime, not sexual harassment."

"Stop calling sexual harassment lightly and make it a compulsory obscene crime."

Maybe everyone is sympathizing with the victim and saying this from a sense of justice.

Is the word sexual harassment light?

Sexual harassment is an abbreviation for sexual harassment, and is a law concerning sexual harassment. Is this legally sexual harassment? | According to the Labor Affairs Counter (roudou-mado.com), it is "sexual behavior or behavior that causes discomfort or anxiety against the will of the other person."

If you change this sexual harassment to a criminal name,

• Indecent exposure
• Forced obscenity
• Rape crime
• Semi-forced obscenity
• Defamation / insult
• It seems that it will be.

And it can be understood that what is called harassment is customarily called a sexual crime in a relationship where it is difficult for the victim to complain of damage, such as from a boss or some authority.

However, I wouldn't dare to rephrase sexual harassment for rape, which is obviously badly damaged.

About the origin of sexual harassment In Japan, in 1989, Mayumi Haruno sued her boss and won the first sexual harassment trial in Japan. It is said that it has become moderate.

Sexual harassment-Wikipedia

Originally, sexual harassment, like power harassment, is a coined word that was promoted so that it could be used to raise voices for difficult-to-sue damage from bosses and teachers in workplaces and schools that were not previously recognized as crimes.

As you can see on Wikipedia, it originated in the United States.

It should be easier for victims to say than "compulsory obscene crime" because society recognizes it as a crime.

This is to protect the victim.

However, sexual harassment seems to be taken as a light word these days, and I feel that it is despised by some people with a sense of justice who profess to protect the victim from sexual damage.

Reform and restoration of this word / name often occur in different fields, but those who spread the word sexual harassment and those who complain that sexual harassment is too light have the same ambition.

I think we want to reduce the number of victims, get the victims the right amount of compensation, and have the perpetrators be judged fairly.