Fighting Sexual Assuaul Locally, Outside the #MeToo Movement [psmag.com]

For 10 years, Tina has been cleaning rooms at a hotel in downtown Chicago. Her shift usually goes from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but, occasionally, she'll work overtime late into the night. "There's nobody around," she told me. "If something happened and you screamed, I don't think anybody would be able to hear you."

And things have happened. From time to time, male guests have opened the doors without clothes on. But because they're guests, Tina has been unable to express that she is uncomfortable or walk away. She's been particularly nervous since one of her colleagues was physically attacked while cleaning a room.

"I go to work to work—not to have to sit there and wonder if I’m going to be attacked," said Tina, who declined to provide her full name for fear of retribution. "I jump up every time I hear a door close, or if I hear someone talking in the hallway, I have to get up and look."

[For more on this story by TANVI MISRA, go to https://psmag.com/social-justi...xual-assault-locally]