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"Hands" by Sherwood Anderson

According to the AAUW survey these are the most frequently types of sexual harassment experienced in school in grades 8–11:

Types of Sexual Harassment Experienced: Girls Boys

sexual comments, jokes, gestures, or looks 76% 56%

Touched, grabbed, or pinched in a sexual way 65% 42%

Intentionally brushed up against in a sexual way 57% 36%

flashed or mooned 49% 41%

had sexual rumors spread about them 42% 34%

had clothing pulled at in a sexual manner 38% 28%

Presented by Estephanie Barragan

The End

Teachers and Students

What happened in "Hands"

  • Interpretations vary depending on whose perspective it is coming from.
  • Warped sense of how to express love for children
  • What is sexual harassment? Two forms
  • Quid Pro Quo
  • Hostile environment harassment

That is why " Hands" could be perceived as sexual harassment.

Commentary

  • Wing Biddlebaum was a teacher Adolph Meyers in his earlier years.
  • Was accused of touching his students inappropriately
  • Hid his hands and was afraid of their grotesque nature
  • Winesburg, Ohio is a idiosyncratic work
  • Connection between the 24 sections and "The Book of the Grotesque" is never clear
  • Connection with the Wing Biddlebaum and the people of Winesburg ohio is

"Hands" today

  • In Modern Society such relationships constitute child sexual abuse
  • Situation very similar to many sexual harassment situations today
  • Misused the trust of the kids

Ancient Greece and Biddlebaum

  • In Sherwood Anderson’s time – and for several more decades – homosexual acts, or sodomy, was a punishable offense in the United States.
  • Biddlebaum's history reminiscent to Ancient Greece
  • Supposed to allow for mentoring and teaching and satisfying sexual urges.
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