<b>About the Decision of Teresa Williams to Apply for a Concealed Pistol License (CPL) After Falling Victim to Sexual Coercion at the Workplace - #Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W - #Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in the City of Los Angeles, California</b>
Creators: name: Ayele (a.k.a) W, Michael A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 440504
subject: Gender relations
classificationCode: 480411
subject: Media and communication law
classificationCode: 480407
subject: Law, gender and sexuality (incl. feminist legal scholarship)
classificationCode: 480405
subject: Law and society and socio-legal research

description: When disclosing very limited records acknowledging the month of April as “<i>Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” </i>the City of Los Angeles (California) denied holding conversations about Teresa Williams as a woman, who [1] was coerced to engage in sexual activity she didn’t consent to during her employment with the Iron Mountain Police Department (IMPD located in the State of Michigan); [2] filed a charge of employment discrimination pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act as a direct consequence of the sexual coercion she experienced; [3] was informed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that her charge of employment discrimination would not be referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution; [4] is not legally represented by the DOJ in the complaint she filed with the United States District Court in Michigan; [5] may be seen (by the courts) as having “<i>less merit than” </i>other U.S government employees, who were legally represented by the DOJ following the filing of their complaint pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act.<br><br>As a matter of principle, the Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL) unequivocally condemns violence committed against women irrespective of their racial backgrounds, their sexual orientations, their national origins, their religious affiliations, their age groups and/or their disability status. It is the judgment of the AACL (based on the definition provided by the University of Missouri – Kansas City for what constitutes “<i>sexual coercion</i>”) that the Title VII complaint filed by Teresa Williams should have been referred by the EEOC to the DOJ for prosecution. Regrettably, this didn’t happen. The AACL wishes Teresa Williams well in her future endeavors.<br><br>According to records disclosed by the City of Los Angeles, [1] the United States Government has declared the month of April as “<i>Sexual Assault Awareness Month;” </i>[2] “<i>Denim Day originated in Los Angeles after women in the Italian Parliament protested the Italian Supreme Court’s overturning of a rape conviction, arguing that because the victim wore tight jeans, she had to have helped her attacker remove her jeans, thus making the act consensual;” </i>[3] Denim Day was “<i>intended to draw attention to the fact that rape and sexual assault remain a serious issue in our society;” </i>[4] “<i>harmful attitudes about rape and sexual assault allow these crimes to persist and allow victim/survivors to be re-victimized;” </i>[5] “<i>Sexual Assault Awareness Month” and “Denim Day” were instituted to call attention to misconceptions and misinformation about rape and sexual assault, and the problem that many in society remain disturbingly uninformed with respect to issues of assault and forcible rape; </i>[6] “<i>nearly 1 in 6 women in America has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime, with 1 in 10 having been raped by their boyfriend and husband;” </i>[7] “<i>half of female sexual assault victims were raped before age 18.”</i><br><br>Be well. Take care. Keep yourselves at arms distance.<br><br>Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W<br>Anti-Racist Human Rights Activist<br>Audio-Visual Media Analyst<br>Anti-Propaganda Journalist<br><br><br>