Etymology

textual harassment

Today it means: Sexual harassment in writing. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of textual + sexual harassment. The term textual harassment is from Mary Jacobus, 'Is There a Woman in This Text?' New Literary History 14 (Fall 1982): 117-41."

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