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It's a daunting problem: when people report sexual harassment in the workplace, they often face retaliation. Why is this still so pervasive?


"Sexual harassment's really about power as much as it is about sex, if not more," 

 told MPR News host Kerri Miller. "Men still have enormous amounts of power and feel that they can use that power to coerce sexual favors or to come on to women."

How to confront, report and end sexual harassment


Victims of sexual harassment face many obstacles to speaking out.
"You have to think about it from that moment in time when this happens to a person," said 

. "They're sitting there and they're thinking, 'What are the benefits to me for coming forward? What are the benefits to my workplace?'" Alemzadeh said the more important question is: why do victims have to make this calculation?


Miller spoke to Alemzadeh, an attorney and co-founder of 

, an organization that works to end gender violence and Chira, a senior correspondent and editor on gender issues for The New York Times.

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