Katie* is one of three female paramedics who have shared their experiences of being “hounded” for sexual favours in return for passing training, getting a promotion or simply keeping their jobs.

Although these remarks were often dismissed as “jokes” or “banter”, Katie says, occasionally it shifted into a “monumental” abuse of power.

“Handjobs. Blowjobs. They were obsessed with blowjobs,” she says.

Once I made a mistake with a patient, and a colleague tried to blackmail me into having sex with him. It was horrendous. When I told him no, he said, “watch your back, because I could rape you”.

I don’t know how you change this culture. When posters saying “We Do Not Tolerate Sexual Harassment” were put on the doors in the ladies toilets, a man crossed out the “Not” and drew a penis next to a woman’s mouth.

  • @Cosmicomical
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    195 months ago

    Slow down Judge Dredd, having people killi each other with no need to provide proof or due process is not the happy world your brain is conjuring.

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      5 months ago

      You should have gone with the Punisher. The Punisher is a vigilante, Dredd is literally the “due process.”

      He says it a lot… Like a lot a lot. It’s kind of his whole deal? Being the law? And a literal fascist.

      • @Cosmicomical
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        25 months ago

        Well, let’s discuss the meaning of due process… if you mean an established procedure then yes, but if you mean a procedure that is also fair and can account for mistakes I’m in disagreement. Once Dredd has unilaterally decided on a sentence and shot you right there and then, there is no appeal.

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          That’s the fun thing about Dredd: he can always find some crime to execute you for because Megacity One has outlawed everything but licking their boots the exact way they like.