Janni Hussi talks about the sexual harassment she experienced.
Janni Hussi says that he faced sexual harassment during the rally. Toyota GAZOO Racing WRT
Janni Hussi and Sointu Borg talking The word is free podcast about sexual harassment and how it affects men and women in different ways.
In the episode, Hussi also shares one inappropriate situation from the rally world.
– When we’ve been to the rally, the same person has first come to ask me what color panties I’m wearing and what their size is. After that, he goes to the driver’s side to praise how well he drove, he says in the episode.
Sointu Borg recalls how she herself has faced sexual harassment at work.
– I can tell you that there are so many experiences from the host sessions, that we get to touch the tits, we get to touch the crotch, we get to touch the ass, he listed.
He also wonders how, just a few years ago, he had to have a conversation with a male person about the fact that he is not allowed to touch women inappropriately.
– He didn’t understand why, and he was a perfectly reasonable man. I said that: “You can’t pat on the butt”. How can it be so difficult, Borg wonders.
Hussi also remembers the time when he organized events, and tells how harassment occurred in situations where people wanted to take pictures with him.
– Then when they take you under your arm, that hand never stays on your shoulder, nor on your hips, but it’s that hand on your ass. It’s always on the ass, he recalls.
– Then you just smile in that picture when you’re bothered.
In addition to his work as a rally karter, Janni Hussi is also known as a radio and television presenter. Maija Anttonen
Hussi has talked about the sexual harassment he experienced before while still doing promo work. In 2016, he told more about it in an interview he gave to Iltalehti.
– Generally, if alcohol is included in the patterns, harassment occurs. It’s unfortunately quite common in that industry. I’ve talked to many of my colleagues about the subject, and I’m definitely not alone with this problem, Hussi said.
Hussi said that he had experienced harassment in different forms during his working career.
– There has been yelling, calls to sit on one’s knees and general demeaning and inferior behavior. In filming situations, the hand might get lost on the chest or buttock, or when walking, the butt might be grabbed, he listed.
