Plural of harassment; multiple instances of repeated bothering, annoying, or intimidation directed at someone.
From 'harassment' (noun from 'harass') plus the plural suffix '-s.' Harassment itself means the act or condition of being harassed.
Legal definitions of 'harassments' have become increasingly specific—employers and schools now distinguish between different types of harassment (sexual, racial, etc.) when documenting multiple incidents.
Plural form of a term whose naming itself was an act of feminist linguistic and legal struggle; 'harassments' as a countable phenomenon emerged from making the previously normalized suddenly visible.
Use 'harassments' to describe multiple instances neutrally. Avoid framing as primarily a gender issue unless data-specific; recognize intersectional targeting.
Women's documentation of patterns—cat-calling, workplace coercion, sexual advancement—created the linguistic category 'harassments' as evidence, not complaint.
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