Sexual harassment is a term that describes behaviors that women have endured for ages. The word -harassment- comes from an Old French word for being pursued by dogs. The mere vision this conjures up should make it easy to relate to the feelings attached to such an unwanted pursuit. Add to this a history of horrific treatment, unequal status, attitudes and policies designed to maintain women's inferior role in society, and we can only imagine the level of harassment endured by women prior to any recourse for redress.
We can pull references from any period to reveal the negative and persistent negative attitude and treatment of women. Stories from biblical times give us a historical reference, which validates the long history and consistent attitudes held toward women. For example, the book of Judges, chapter 19, which records one of the darkest periods in Israel's history, tells a vivid story of the failure of God's people as revealed in the horrible treatment of a woman by her companion and other men.
