Christopher Zyball

Review of Uberex

Today we witnessed a case of ignorance towards sex...

Today we witnessed a case of ignorance towards sexual harassment by a Westfield security guard. When my partner and I entered the mall, a woman in front of us was being cat called by some guys lirking in front of the mall. When she did not respond, they started following her inside the mall. We wanted to make security aware of the problem and the first guard in front of a different shop was very helpful and because of lack of authority given to him called a Westfield guard over. This guard immediately, after giving a brief description of the circumstances, asked if the woman was wearing a "low cut dress and well endowed?", making a gesture suggesting huge breasts. My partner felt immediately offended and walked away, as we felt the guard was implying that "the woman asked for it if she dressed to pretty", while I asked the guard how that mattered. After that the guard replied that he was being called away by his supervisors for a different task and left.

Maybe PCS, the security provider for the mall, can educate their staff, that sexual harassment is a real thing and that it starts with the people harassing, and NOT the victims. It should be added to the securities tasks to pay attention to these incidents, as there are bound to be more happening at a place this size.