{"id":55777,"date":"2018-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/55777\/this-twitter-account-is-exposing-harassers-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2023-08-11T07:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T07:04:39","slug":"this-twitter-account-is-exposing-harassers-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/55777\/this-twitter-account-is-exposing-harassers-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"This Twitter Account Is Exposing Harassers In Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"In Lebanon, harassment is an issue that has plagued our societies since the dawn of time. Much like other countries in the area, harassment is not only an issue in and of itself, but it’s also dismissed by our culture at large, our institutions, and our families.

Harassment is almost always blamed on the victim, and even when it escalates to rape, the victim is somehow still at blame. Honour killings are ever present in our communities, though it is hidden under the guise of mental illness or fits of uncontrollable anger.

The truth is quite the opposite, though, as harassment is due to patriarchal ideas of public space and masculinity, ones that lead a person to assert their power and challenge the presence of others in the spaces they deem only appropriate for themselves.

In this atmosphere, some people have taken it upon themselves to call out harassers and publicly shame them, in the hope that it will both warn people about these persons, and show the repercussions of harassment on harassers. In a country where your reputation is almost more important than your morals and actions, this seems to be a great effort to begin to address these harassers in a language that they would understand.



This twitter account<\/a> called Harassment Exposer LB, regards itself as, “an account for exposing harassers and warning others<\/b>.” They have posted about two harassers thus far, and will post about harassers from reports received by other victims.

Their content has received a lot of positive feedback, especially from women who have seen these harassers or been harassed by them, and more stories about harassment are coming to light. The cultural shame surrounding these stories is melting away in the face of truth and the justice that this account seeks to achieve.

However, as usual, some people have come to the defense of the harassers, asking for proof of their actions or private measures to be taken rather than public shaming of the person. In reply, the account managers have reassured those concerned that those posts come either from firsthand experience or multiple reports, as proven through the stories shared in the replies to the account’s posts.

we’re not out here trying to ruin reputations for no reason (not that any man’s reputation was actually affected by harassment cuz ppl usually come to his defense and no action is taken)… we’re legit trying to warn others.<\/p>\u2014 HarassmentExposerLB (@HarassExposerLB) June 22, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>