I don't usually talk about hot button topics but this one is pulling on my heart. [*🚨long post alert 🚨*] . Sexual assault and harassment are no joke. Too many people have fallen victim to others preying on them. I know I have at various times throughout my life. . Even in my own place of work I've had to deal with it. A place where I am someone's DOCTOR of PT. Where I am a professional. It has never come from a coworker but from patients... Here are some examples.. . Some responses to "Can you please lie down on the table?" - "I love when young women tell me to lie down" - "Do you want me to take my clothes off first?" - "What are you going to do to me? 😉" . In response to "We're going to try squats today!" - "I don't want to do squats, I'm going to have a big ass like yours... I mean it is a realllyyyyy nice one." . In response to "What are some of your hobbies?" - "Hitting on young girls. 😉" . Or how about that time I was evaluating a patient, I had to leave the room to get something and when I came back he had his hand down his pants... . These are just a few examples that came to mind. It's not every patient, and it doesn't happen everyday but it DOES happen. . The amount of middle aged to elderly men I've had to say "That's inappropriate and you're making me uncomfortable" to is absurd. Almost every single one has told me to relax and tried to play it off as a joke. . Things need to change. People need to continue to speak up. Those saying and doing these things need to be held accountable. . . . *Sidenote: my bosses and my coworkers are VERY supportive if I say I'm uncomfortable treating a patient or if I say a patient should only see male therapists. I am NOT forced to continue treating these people! . . #lifeofaphysicaltherapist #DPT #sexualharassmentisnojoke #speakup #fightforthosewhospeakup #thevictimisntatfault #tobeheldaccountable #thingsneedtochange #thiscultureisntokay #thankgodforamazingcoworkers https://www.instagram.com/p/BoQDBKFnjqk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x22zxexti4