Can we have a conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace?

First off, I know this topic was somewhat discussed here and here and I’m sure this kind of thing rampant everywhere but I’d like to add a twist to the conversation.

I am being sexually harassed by a person in a position of power at my job who is also the person holding the key to my next job, which I need desperately, once my grant runs out. He’s never expressed interest in me prior to conversations about this new position (that he will create) and now it’s all about inappropriate statements and physical contact (this morning, I found someone massaging my shoulder only to turn around and see that it was him). Ordinarily, the person would get their hand broken and perhaps he will but because I am so acutely aware that I can’t pass the opportunity for work, I’ve been in a stupor these weeks in regards to this matter and haven’t said anything.

It is possible that I will tell him to stop touching me but I am worried he’ll stop all conversations about the job in that case. I am disgusted to be in this position and I know I am not the only person out there putting up with this kind of idiocy in order to keep a job or to get a job or what have you. I know that the answer is ‘don’t put up with it, kick him in the balls’, etc. but when real life happens and your family is in a bad financial situation, that trumps everything and the situation becomes more nuanced than when you discuss these kinds of things theoretically.

So, I wanted to ask other people about this kind of thing in case anyone has experience on the matter and to talk about what patterns, if any, come up (obviously, women and people perceived as women like me end up dealing with this more than men).