Sexual Harassment Behavior

A Sexual Harassment Behavior is a harassment behavior characterized by sexual overtones.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Verbal Sexual Harassment to being Non-Verbal Sexual Harassment (such as showing pornography).
  • It can range from being a Physical Sexual Harassment to being Non-Physical Sexual Harassment (such as making sexually colored remarks).
  • It can range from being Public Sexual Harrassment Behavior to being Organizational Sexual Harassment Behavior (e.g. workplace sexual harassment, educational institution sexual harassment).
  • It can range from being a One-Off Sexual Harassment Behavior to being a Systemic Sexual Harassment Behavior.
  • It can range from being a Peer-based Sexual Harrasment Behavior to being Authority Figure-based Sexual Harassment Behavior (authority figure).
  • It can be Illegal Sexual Harassment when it violates specific laws or workplace policies.
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• Example(s):
  • Workplace Sexual Harassment, such as:
    • Verbal Workplace Sexual Harassment, such as a manager making unwelcome sexual comments to an employee.
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  • Non-Verbal Sexual Harassment in an educational setting, such as:
    • where a teacher displays sexually explicit material to students without relevance to educational content.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Bullying in schools that involves aggression based on academic performance or social standing rather than sexual behavior.
  • General Harassment that focuses on aspects such as race, religion, or disability without any sexual element.
• See: Bullying, Coercion, Gender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, MeToo Movement, Sexually Suggestive.

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2024

• Perplexity
  • Sexual harassment is a type of harassment involving the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, including unwelcome and inappropriate promises of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.[1] It can involve physical acts, verbal remarks, showing pornography, and any other unwelcome physical, verbal, or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature.[1][2]
  • Some key points about sexual harassment:
    1. It includes a range of behaviors from verbal transgressions to sexual abuse or assault.[1]

- It can occur in various settings like the workplace, school, home, or religious institutions.[1] - The harassers or victims can be of any gender.[1] - In the workplace, it may be considered illegal when it is frequent or severe, creating a hostile environment, or resulting in an adverse employment decision.[1] - It is a form of illegal employment discrimination by an employer.[1] - Laws generally do not prohibit minor isolated incidents, as they do not impose a "general civility code."[1] - The legal understanding varies across cultures.[1]

• • Sexual harassment can have serious effects on victims, including humiliation, intimidation, avoidance of certain places, and even dropping out of school or quitting jobs.[2][3] A range of behaviors from staring, leering, intrusive questions about private life, to physical acts of assault can constitute sexual harassment.[2][3]

Citations:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment
[2] https://www.rainn.org/articles/sexual-harassment
[3] https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/education/tackling_sexual_harassment/Individual%20files%20and%20downloads/AS_sexual_harassment_true_or_false.pdf
[4] https://www.eeoc.gov/sexual-harassment
[5] https://www.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/SexualHarassmentPreventionModelTrainingScript.docx

2024

• (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sexual_harassment Retrieved:2024-5-10.
  • Sexual harassment is a type of harassment involving the use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, including the unwelcome and inappropriate promises of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. Sexual harassment can be physical and/or a demand or request for sexual favors, making sexually coloured remarks, showing pornography, and any other unwelcome physical, verbal, or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment includes a range of actions from verbal transgressions to sexual abuse or assault. Harassment can occur in many different social settings such as the workplace, the home, school, or religious institutions. Harassers or victims can be of any gender. In modern legal contexts, sexual harassment is illegal. Laws surrounding sexual harassment generally do not prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or minor isolated incidents—that is due to the fact that they do not impose a "general civility code". In the workplace, harassment may be considered illegal when it is frequent or severe, thereby creating a hostile or offensive work environment, or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim's demotion, firing or quitting). The legal and social understanding of sexual harassment, however, varies by culture.

    Sexual harassment by an employer is a form of illegal employment discrimination. For many businesses or organizations, preventing sexual harassment and defending employees from sexual harassment charges have become key goals of legal decision-making.

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sexual_harassment Retrieved:2018-1-24.
  • Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In most modern legal contexts, sexual harassment is illegal. As defined by the United States' Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), "It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex." Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. The legal definition of sexual harassment varies by jurisdiction. Sexual harassment is subject to a directive in the European Union. ....

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