I found each example for this week’s assignment on the internet. The “-ism” I found was racism and particularly demeaning to black people. Lately, I have noticed more blunt, racial remarks aimed towards me and the people close to me. This particular instance was not towards anyone I know, but I found it on a social media post. It read: “I’m really tired of the people around here. They all think this is the town for raising mixed children that act up just because my friends are all real friendly. I think it’s time the wall is up and we find out how to get more free boat rides to any other country besides mine. My sons deserve more than this. It is just frustrating and I know my buddies agree.” This was a blatant reference to racism. I could not believe people are fine with posting discriminating things like that online.

The next example I found was based on hetero-sexist. It was toward trans-gendered folks. The post was teasing Caitlyn Jenner and suggesting people mock trans-gendered people for Halloween. It read: “I was trying to come up with my costume this year. I don’t know. Heck! If I just wear my grandma’s girdle then I can pretend to be a girl like Caitlyn.” The post belittles Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair magazine ensemble. It also insults other trans-gendered people adjusting to their new identity. 

Week 9, Let's Be Kind (or we might get sued for libel).

This week was eye-opening. As I listened and looked for language that is insulting, I realized that it is everywhere. I even heard it come out of my mouth once or twice, and it was often covered up by sarcasm. Intentionally or not intentionally, language does hurt and must be used wisely.

Sexism is everywhere. I work at a front desk and this week I had someone tell me, "The pretty front desk girls are the best." It was interesting to me because the same person would have never said to a male front desk staff, "The handsome front desk boys are the best." They would have just said, "The front desk workers are the best."

As a 20-year-old girl, the combination of sexism and ageism are reoccuring language insults in my life. This week the motor blower in my car went out. I called the local auto part shop and asked for some information about the part. I felt like I didn't quite get the right information, so I asked my dad call the same shop and get information. The situation was handled completely differently and he was actually given different information. My dad and I originally learned that it helps when he gets involved after a visit to Jiffy Lube. When I go to get my oil changed alone, someone tries to tell me my car needs a million different things. When my dad comes with me, my oil just gets changed and that's the end of it.

This week I found myself using agism. At my job, our typical client is 20-50 years old. This week I had an 80-year-old woman come in and I talked to her differently than I usually talk to other clients. I asked her if she needed help getting on the treadmill and bike (I would never ask younger clients that). I'm sure she recognized her special treatment. I didn't mean it in an offensive way, I meant it in a helpful way, but it definitely could have been taken offensively.

In the past, I have read and witnessed accounts of racism and "able-bodiedism." I agree with When Worlds Collide, when they explain the golden rule. Treat others as you would want to be treated!



I love this representation of ageism. I think ageism is something that we don't talk about as much as we should.

Week 9!

Sexism: I feel like this is one that has been more popular over that last few years. Those thought to be “lesser than” are now making a break through with being equal. Women for years in many different cultures were thought to be lesser than men and this has been brought to the attention of the nation. There was a recent article where an NFL player was receiving backlash from a comment that he had made. A female reporter had asked him a question and he had answered "It's funny to hear a female talk about routes." In his comment, he makes it sound like women shouldn’t know anything about sports or football more specifically.

Racism: This is something that has been battled for years, and not just in this country. The battle of the races seems to be a never-ending war with hatred and apathy raging on everywhere. You see it every day, in the news, at school or at work. Bu there are many on a mission to make it right. In a news article I read, there was a white south African man that forced a black man into a coffin. Just from the headline, it implies racist motives. Sad that it continues to plague us today.

Ageism: For ageism, I was reading an article that there are many employers or companies that have websites designed to have people apply for positions with them through the internet. Apparently people are noticing that these application sites have ageism built right into the site. For example on the drop down menus, there are selections for graduation dates from college, the only years available are in the 80s. Not even giving these older folks a chance to apply because they are older than what is available. It is completely unnecessary.

Able-bodiedism: I found a good article about able-bodiedism that talks about 6 things that we should not do. 1. Failing to provide accessibility beyond wheelchair ramps. 2. Using ableist language. 3. Able-bodied people failing to check their privilege. 4. Assuming people with disabilities have no autonomy. 5. Feeling entitled to know how people became disabled and 6. Assuming disability is always visible

Heterosexism: Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find anything about this, this week, and I didn’t think coming up with a random example in my head would do it justice.

Week 6 Post

Well, in the flurry of taking the test, I guess I didn't realize that we were supposed to post on the blog for week six. But, here I am. Better late than never, I guess... right?

Week six was all about studying for the test, and a lot of that had to do with making sure I wasn't confusing or messing up certain words--whether in their meaning, or in their spelling. 

As I'm an auditory learner, spelling has generally come very naturally for me. It is easy for me to translate sound into text. However, this gets a bit tricky when two words sound exactly the same, but have different spellings or meanings. What tends to help me in these situations is to make up a rhyme, a song or some other form of fun association to keep the words straight. Such "sing-songy" studying tips do wonders helping me keep it all straightened out in my mind. 

I know that you guys have probably heard the "I before E, except after C!" and if you haven't, now you have. This makes it easy to remember that receive is always spelled 'ei' while field is always 'ie.' The funny thing about the English language, however, is that it has so many exceptions to every rule, it gets hard to make and follow a rule at all! 

When it comes down to it, what helps me most is repetition. I use all three of my learning methods--auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. I say the word, I see the word, I hear the word in my head. Generally, after enough repetitions, it will stick. I remember having a particularly difficult time with the work "definitely" in middle school. One day, after I got sick of endlessly googling the proper spelling and never remembering it, I spend just three minutes sitting and forcing the word--the way that it looked felt, and sounded on my tongue--into my memory. I haven't forgotten it since. 

For this week's editing mistake, I thought I'd give you all a good laugh.

Week 9

Hello classmates! I had a really interesting experience this week as I read through the assignment in “When Words Collide,” and the briefing on Media Law in the AP Stylebook. I genuinely had no idea how much harmful language I was using on a daily basis, nor how prevalent such language is in the world. It took a while to train my eyes to see these “isms” and to remember them, but as I went through the week I was able to pinpoint a few. 

I saw an example of sexism in a book I was reading. In the book, a character said something along the lines of, “I have a message for all of mankind.” Of course, the proper way to convey this idea would be to say, “I have a message for humankind.” It was very interesting for me to learn that “man” does not actually include “woman.” I was always taught that man, or men, could be used as a term to describe all people. Evidently, I was incorrectly taught! 

It is generally easy to find examples of heterosexism around, but this week, I focused on ads about families. All the ads that I saw in clothing stores representing families pictured a man and a woman with their children. 

Ageism stuck out to me this week when a friend on Facebook posted, “My grandma just turned 80 years old, but you’d never know it! She’s alive and kickin’!” Obviously, this creates the expectation that aged people are generally decrepit and frail. 

Finally, I saw an example of racism at work when I was pointing out one of my coworkers across the store to a customer. I was describing him by his clothing when the customer said, “Oh, the black guy?” This is not overtly racist, nor did the customer mean it offensively, but he did immediately classify and identify my coworker by the color of his skin. 

It has been interesting for me to rework my writing to eliminate poor or defamatory writing. I hope you all enjoyed learning this week as much as I did! 

Week 8

An author that I’ve always admired, yet almost kind of despised because of his writing was J.R.R. Tolkien. Many would say that he is one of the best of his time and I wouldn’t even argue with them! The things that he writes are so intricate and detailed that sometimes you lose focus on what he’s actually saying. He could be describing a tree for like three pages and you wouldn’t even know it. But this is such a unique style that he has. He manages to keep the flow of a story despite all of the seemingly unnecessary details that he squishes in there. In many parts of the book, Tolkien writes little paragraphs of poetry that work perfectly with the story, because they add more to the description or the layout of the what is going on. One of the most iconic parts that I wanted to point out was this:

 “Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

This one paragraph/ poem describes basically what the whole series is about in just a few lines. He talks about all of the rings that each race had in the land, and then there is one ring that stands alone to bring them all and to bind them and basically take over what is already existing. That is the plan of the main villain or antagonist of the story. But it flows so well, and it’s something that is easily remembered. Tolkien’s way of adding creative flow and descriptive imagery is absolutely amazing.

Week 6

Oops... I was looking for my Week 6 post on here, but I never actually posted it. I had just saved it as a word document on my laptop and never posted it...(sorry). So here it is!

Words I confuse a lot are effect and affect. I know this is a common problem for a lot of people. When I'm reading it, I can completely understand the context of the word. I only have a problem when I have to use it myself.

What I do so I don't use the wrong words is I force myself to remember that affect is a verb while effect is a noun. An object is affected by something. The effects the object receives are damaging.

Also this week I learned that there are two different meanings (and spellings) for discreet/discrete. It blew my mind! I think I knew that there were two different meanings, but I didn't know they were spelt differently. Discreet means careful and considerate, while discrete means separate, for example "There are four discrete sounds from a llama." Or something like that...

My editing example this week was I read a newspaper announcement about a couple getting engaged. "This couple were excited to get engaged this week." Since couple is a singular noun, it should be "This couple WAS excited to get engaged this week." I can understand why they thought to use were because it's two people, but it's incorrect.

WEEK 6

There will always be those few words to me that I never feel like I can grasp. I feel like I can study them and get the hang of them as best I can, then when I am asked the "why" of using them, I blank. It is crazy to me every single time. 

The best example I can share and the two that are hardest for me are further and farther, then who and whom. I even hear the ad on the radio for Challenger schools with the little girl giving the explanation for further and father often, and can't even grasp with her help! Then who and whom I sometimes just feel I need to give up on that one. Once I feel that I have the hang of it, I use it wrong. If anyone has any tips for me on remembering these I would greatly appreciate it! 

Week 9 - Attack of the "-Isms"

It is so sad seeing the way our culture is today, with all this language against other people. As far as we have come in this day and age, it isn't absent from our society. It is EVERYWHERE. Things have gotten better, I will agree with that, but it is still present wherever we may look.

Sexism: This is a very prominent issue. Women are portrayed as objects while we're "supposed" to be good-hearted, controllable women who have children and take care of our husbands. Women who fight hard for what they believe in and are hard-working women who voice their opinions are usually called bitches, while men who would do the same things are considered leaders who take charge of situations.

Racism: I read in the news a couple of weeks ago that SUU was implementing a new campaign to eliminate racist costumes that are appropriating cultures. I thought the article was great, but the comments were not. People really wanted to get across that they thought the idea was dumb, and that people of color are too soft and are "snowflakes."

Ageism: On the radio earlier this week I was listening to a show that was technically a game that millennials go against older people in current trivia. I'm pretty sure they always make the questions so that older people don't even have a chance of answering it, and millennials always get the advantage of answering questions correctly. I think it's sad because they're trying to make them look uneducated and dumb while it isn't true at all.

I wasn't paying enough attention to find an example of able-bodiedism or heterosexism, but I know they are out there. I think even just using the word "retarded" or "disabled" can be an example of able-bodiedism. As our book said, people are not their disability. As well as heterosexism, people always assume that everyone is heterosexual unless otherwise told. Ads on tv always depict heterosexual couples and in Hollywood you rarely see couples other than heterosexual, but you do still see them sometimes (which is great!).

Week 9: The "-isms"

Week 9: The “-isms”

The first example that I thought of was Dove’s recently retracted add. The add showed a model with darker skin shedding a brown t-shirt. She was then replaced (through tv magic) with a white model wearing a tan t-shirt. While it was not necessarily meant to be racist, it was. Many people were offended, and they removed the add. Sometimes it amazes me what makes it out of the brainstorming stage. Everyone needs to make sure that they discuss every angle an ad, story or campaign could be taken to avoid this type of backlash.

One example of sexism that I encounter often is in the salon. Because the majority of our clientele is female, all of our marketing is geared toward women, and many times the language excludes men. What is even more interesting is that we recently brought on a male apprentice. This changes the way we need to advertise as well as how we need to refer to the stylists as a whole. Before, we could easily use feminine pronouns. Now, we need to be cautious of pronouns and titles.

The editing mistake for this week was from a website about resizing rings. The second sentence is a fragment sentence and should be combined with the third sentence using a comma instead of a period.

This week has been a good reminder of what I learned in Communication Law. Although we have the privilege of free speech, we need to be careful in our writing. Especially in 2017, writing has become a major platform for free speech and must be done the correct way.

Sexism - I follow some military pages on social media. Well, lately there has been a lot of talk about women joining the special forces and being in direct combat roles. I read the article of a woman Navy SEAL candidate who washed out after her first try. After the article, I scrolled down to the comment section to take a peek. There were numerous opinions that were very sexist about women being able to do that. My personal feelings aside, complaining about women being in direct combat roles just because they are female is poor writing.

Heterosexism - As mentioned above, military social media pages have also been discussing concerns with openly gay or lesbian soldiers serving. This is a very debated topic as well. The thing that I noticed most is the fact that it is safer not to assume anyone's sexual preference.

Racism - Most people and companies I feel do not dare to be openly racist. However, sometimes they slip a few words and it can come back to haunt them. This is extremely important in writing. You never want to come across as something you do not intend.

Ageism - I first learned about this watching "The Office." There is an episode I just watched where Michael Scott tries to keep the company from using smart phones because the older generations have a hard time learning how to use them. He felt the younger employees would push the older generations out of the job. The episode ends with Michael Scott still using an index roller instead of a contact list to perform sales calls. This is a silly example, but discriminating against older generations based on age is a real thing.

Week 8: Writing Style

Week 8: Writing Style

One of my favorite pieces that I have read this semester is Nietzsche’s “Twilight of the Idols.” Nietzsche’s writing style is diverse, unique, fun and entertaining, which surprised me for writing from the early 1800's. While there are many passages that I can choose to demonstrate his style, I have chosen this one because it oozes personality and sass in addition to his unique style:

 “With Socrates Greek taste undergoes a change in favour of dialectics: what is really happening when that happens? It is above all the defeat of a nobler taste; with dialectics the rabble gets on top. Before Socrates, the dialectical manner was repudiated in good society: it was regarded as a form of bad manners, one was compromised by it. Young people were warned against it. And all such presentation of one’s reasons was regarded with mistrust. Honest things, like honest men, do not carry their reasons exposed in this fashion. It is indecent to display all one’s goods. What has first to have itself proved is of little value. Wherever authority is still part of accepted usage and one does not ‘give reasons’ but commands, the dialectician is a kind of buffoon: he is laughed at, he is not taken seriously. – Socrates was the buffoon who got himself taken seriously: what was really happening when that happened?”

Nietzsche uses a mix of sentence structures to make his writing readable and fun. He has some sentences start with introductory phrases while others are simple sentences with subject, verb, and direct object. Some sentences have lists, others have interrupting or parenthetical phrases and some have interesting punctuation choices. I also find it interesting how Nietzsche used rhetorical questions to make him seem smarter and further degrade Socrates (the poor guy). Nietzsche used his writing style to grab the reader’s interest, make himself appear more credible and further prove his arguments.

The editing mistake I found this week I found at a local waffle place in Bountiful, Waffle Love. Along the walls of the smaller building, they have a mural depicting their story from food truck to restaurant. In one section, however, they added two i’s to “encouraging.” It’s a simple mistake to make, especially in hand-written text, but it also could have easily been proof-read and fixed.

Blog Nine, "The Isms Epidemic, by Julie White

I heard it at school, I hear it on TV and I still hear it as an adult. What is it? It's the -isms. Those ugly words that bully people, make others feel bad or shame them for all sorts of unfair reasons. We've become experts at being mean.


Racism - In the 1940s, my mother attended a school in the high desert county of San Diego, CA. Only a handful of white children attended the school out of approx. 100 American Indian students. My mother, her sister, and a few other children suffered the teasing, fighting, and name calling that started in first grade.


Sexism is everywhere. It's in our media, movies, TV shows, music, and in our homes.  Ten days ago a social media movement started with the “#Metoo” campaign. Affecting millions of women and men, sexual harassment and assault is a silent epidemic and won't end until people stop tolerating it.  Sen Dianne Feinstein tweeted, “We will never end the harassment and abuse of women, in the workplace, unless we speak out and stand together. #Metoo.” Even Katie Couric added, “Goodnight everyone and oh yeah, #MeToo.”

Able-bodiedism – is the mistreatment of people with disabilities. This week the Standard-Examiner reported on a school that shaved the head of a seven-year-old girl without parental permission. “The Mother feels like her daughter, who already has severe emotional issues, was violated.”  This story also falls under Ageism. It's not just senior citizens or the middle age that are taken advantage.

Week 9

Over the course of my time in the communications program, this topic has always stuck out to me. I didn't realize how much our language can exclude certain people or make them feel less than.

Sexist: I feel that this is one that is still so prominent in our society today that a can be really hard to change solely because of habit. That one that I always think of under that topic of sexism is mailman or fireman. There are so many women that also fulfill these rolls in society and they deserve to be included in those titles as well.

Heterosexism: I feel that we have gotten a little bit better (in my eyes) at handling heterosexim. I know that we still have a long way to go, but little by little I feel that we are getting there. You do still see people that will look at people who are homosexual a little different. But I feel that we saw a lot of heterosexism when gay marriage started to be recognized and was deemed legal in many states.

Racism: Currently my favorite show is This Is Us and it involved a black family who lives in a very wealthy neighborhood. When this mans biological father came to live with him he noticed that his neighbors would move to the other side of the road when walking, and at one point called the police with suspicion that he was going to steal from them. Just because of this man's color and the way he was dressed that immediately assumed that he was going to do wrong.

Ageist: I wasn't able to come up with any great examples for ageism, but I did love the ones that were posted previously.

Blog #9

Sexism: The television show, “Pioneer Woman,” is about a woman who spends her whole day in the kitchen. The show is about her preparing meals for her husband and sons. The show seems to depict that the role of a woman is to spend her time in the kitchen cooking for men.

Racism: A recent KSL article talked about how college campuses are starting to issue letters encouraging students to not choose Halloween costumes that might offend classmates of color. It stated administrators are not completely banning certain costumes, but want students to understand that some costumes and outfits may come across as racist or discriminatory.

Ageism: At many party stores, there are birthday sections that are dedicated to people who are turning 50 years old or older. These sections include canes, headstones, canes and “over the hill” decorations. These items seem to depict middle-aged people as too old.

Heterosexism: An episode of the television show “American Dad” involves a gay character, Terry, who makes insane efforts to hide the fact that he is gay from his father. Terry’s father is a highly-respected former football player. Terry goes as far as saying that his neighbor’s wife is his girlfriend. He does all of this to please his father.

Week 9 Blog

This week's post will be hard for me. I am a First Amendment absolutist. I believe I have the responsibility to choose my language and be respectful. I do see how the isms in the book have a negative impact on race, gender, sexual orientation and age. I don't deny that we can be hurtful to each other with our words. I don't believe in passing legislation that impedes free speech. I believe that individuals are responsible for their choice of words and can rise above the hate.

Sexism - Cam Newton, quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, had an interview with reporters a few weeks ago. A female reporter asked him a really good question. I will paraphrase it. She asked him if he was excited to see his receivers being more physical in their play. He smiled and laughed and said that he thought it was funny a female was asking him a question about physical play. I think she asked a great question. It was well thought and highlighted the acumen the reporter had. There are plenty of male sports reporters who never played collegiately or professionally. They don't get treated the way she did.

Heterosexism - I watched an interview online of a gay man and his experience as a gay man in his local church group this week. He said he was warmly received by most. There were a few people who avoided him at first, but as they got to know him, that changed their relationship. He talked about his family and how they always loved him and accepted him. When heterosexuality is assumed as the norm, it can harm the good relationships we can have with others in our communities, places of work and even church.

Racism - The owner of the Houston Texans football team is in the hot seat. He made a statement earlier this week about how inmates should not control the prison. He was referring to the National Anthem protests by players on his team. Given the racial statistics for imprisonment, he couldn't have picked a worse way to describe what was happening on the field during the playing of the National Anthem.

Ageism - A coworker listens to a certain talk radio program. I don't care for the commentator, but he had a segment that caught my attention. It was about a company that goes around the country and preys on older couples. They gather documentation that shows the courts that they can no longer take care of themselves. They gain legal guardianship of the elderly couple by "proving" the couple can no longer be alone and take care of themselves. They liquidate their assets. The woman featured in the segment said that her parents had this happen to them. The idea that people were too old to take care of themselves is a great example of ageism. The judge believed them because they provided documentation. It was all legally binding. They lost everything they owned. It took the woman years to legally get guardianship of her parents back.



I forgot to capitalize the first word after using a colon. I submitted the assignment already. It's a good thing it was not homework for the editing class.

Week 9

Sexism –  I thought with the end of the Presidential elections we would also see the end of the “Lock Her Up” campaign, but sadly I found this surprise on my timeline the other day. Although I do not believe that Hillary Rodham Clinton is innocent of crimes that she deserves to be imprisoned for, the premise behind the #LockHerUp campaign is she should be imprisoned simply because she presents views that her critics find distasteful, unfavorable, or otherwise uncomfortable. Such an idea is contrary to a foundational principle of any democracy that is the freedom of speech necessary for any sort of deliberation. Additionally, the idea that she should be presented for her points of view is an act of silencing women because when other folks who fall under the  “male” category, such as Bernie Sanders, express opinions the far right find incendiary, they are not often threatened with imprisonment or other forms of violence.

Racism – Dove surprised many of us by its problematic advertisement where a black girl turns into a white girl. It was surprising for Dove to make this statement because they are usually the ones who are challenging norms such as these. The advertisement was problematic because it followed Eurocentric beauty norms, and in a country where slavery was a fundamental aspect of this nation’s history, the idea that white women are the norm that black women should aspire to be is a particularly violent message that is evidently still present. The residue of slavery persists and so should our efforts of abolishment.

Heterosexism – I was having my hair cut previously this week and the stylist asked me if I had a romantic partner. It began as a gender neutral inquiry at first, but as the conversation progressed she asked why I didn’t have a “boyfriend.” I consider this to be heterosexism because it is a heteronormative assumption. I am not gay, but to go through a conversation with the assumption that I was not is an exclusionary way of engaging with strangers that inadvertently posits homosexuality as the deviation from the norm.

Sadly, I was not able to come across a substantial example of ableism, but that might be a good thing.

Week 9

Below are my four examples of the “-isms.”

Heterosexism: In the TV show “Supergirl,” there is a lesbian couple. In the episode I watched this week, the father of one of the women getting married came to the bridal shower. He was trying to make up lost time since he sent his daughter away at a young age. In the end, he could not handle her lifestyle choice. He said some hurtful things to his daughter before he walked away.

Racism: I am reading a book called “The Kingdom of This World” for my world literature class. This book is a work of fiction and starts by describing some of the events that led to the Haitian Revolution. The black slaves were treated like property, rather than human beings. In the end, the slaves attacked their owners because of the poor treatment.

Sexism: I recently watched an old interview with Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo. They hate sexist questions and so they answer the questions of the other person. For example, Johansson was asked about her dress for an upcoming event. Ruffalo answered by talking about his attire for the event. On the flip side, Johansson answered Ruffalo’s question about favorite stunts. Johansson and Ruffalo are tired of the sexist questions and are trying to change the stereotypes.

Ageism: The TV show “Survivor” is all about stereotypes. The one I see the most is ageism. The younger participants vote off the older tribe members because they believe them to be slower and less likely to succeed in challenges.

This image came from a Facebook post. My friend used the sound (bellow), rather than the location (below).

Blog 9

Blog #9    posted 10/27/17

Racism- In the Salt Lake Tribune, there is an article about the University of Utah. They are working on having an anti-racism task force on campus. With incidents occurring in the past couple months it’s a topic that is being looked at.

Ageism- On a talk show, hosted by Megyn Kelly, she asked actress Jane Fonda about plastic surgery she had done. Much to her dislike, Ms. Fonda was upset at being asked. On the same show sitting next to her was Robert Redford. They are both older actors where the host felt she could assume Ms. Fonda had work done and not ask Mr. Redford. Older men are considered handsome and distinguished, whereas older women are just thought of as having work done.

Heterosexist-In the school paper, The Sign Post they had an article called Love has no label. In it the student talks about how her and her “person” have found a happiness together. Heterosexism is displayed in this article because she is not putting a label on her relationship, whereas someone else might.

Sexism- In an article by Nikki Rae, a radio host talks about the #METOO. There’s a movement about people who have been sexually abused, assaulted, raped or verbally abused. She talks about how on different occasions she has dealt with abuse. She then metions how what clothes you wear, what you say, how you act it does not give anyone the right to force themselves on someone, or verbally or physically abuse and attack someone.