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When boundary-setting gets dismissed as oversensitivity

My coworker keeps touching my hair without permission and when I asked her to stop she said I was being too sensitive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The minimization of bodily autonomy reveals how personal violations connect to larger systems of dehumanization.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with MLK and civil disobedience philosophy?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.