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When sexual harassment becomes a norm

“Girl I like you” he says; “Sorry not interested” you reply. “But I love you” he insists; “Sorry man. I’m just not interested” you say. “But Baby I…” he tries to go on, but you block him off with “Dude I said NO!”   Does this sound familiar to any of you? If yes, then more power to you sista. If no, then I wish I was you because guys like this are some of the most annoying you will ever meet. Kindly pardon my tone. I was not in my ‘happy place’ when writing this and it shows. Now don’t get me wrong, I sincerely respect the age-old tradition of playing hard to get, but when she looks ready to knock his lights outs and begins to cuss him out then he better back off.  Now here’s the thing. A lot of the time, it seems like these guys are ‘joking’, I would know; it’s a new game played nearly every day at the office.  However, when you know the person you’re ‘joking’ with AND he/she gets that kind of ‘thing’ then kudos to the both of you. But when a guy a...

Why I Quit Modeling

During my modeling years, I had so many encounters with male celebrities who saw models as easy women they could play around with whenever they wanted. I had some of them ask me to 'make their beds' because “ we happen to be on the same team, and as a model, this shouldn’t be difficult. ” I never failed to tell them how disgusted I was with their words, but were they to be blamed? Whenever we had traveled or hosted huge names from neighboring countries, our managers had always asked us to “ be nice to them ”. And girls who weren’t ‘ nice ’ would end up ‘staying at the bottom’ of their careers. Before I quit modeling, I met this man who wanted me, and some friends to star in his video. We were to meet the team a day before to get acquainted. He picked me up (I met him through a mutual friend, and my friend brought him to my house), but instead of taking me straight to the team, he asked that I help him choose some clothes and shoes from a shop to which I obliged. W...