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#'''Sexual Harassment:''' | #'''Sexual Harassment:''' | ||
##'''Legal Definition of Sexual Harassment:''' | ##'''Legal Definition of Sexual Harassment:''' | ||
#:According to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines, sexual harassment is: " . . . unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal and physical conduct of a sexual nature. . . " when: | |||
##*Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of employment or educational status. | ##*Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of employment or educational status. | ||
##*Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment or academic decisions affecting an individual. | ##*Submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment or academic decisions affecting an individual. | ||
#:Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with one's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. | |||
##'''General Categories of Sexual Harassment:''' | ##'''General Categories of Sexual Harassment:''' | ||
##:'''Hostile Environment:''' Unwelcome conduct which is severe or pervasive and is of a sexual nature, whether oral, pictorial, electronic (whether real or virtual), written, or physical, which in purpose or effect intimidates the recipient or creates an offensive or hostile working or academic environment. Such communication might be repeated use of greeting or titles offensive to the recipient, e.g., gestures, or physical contact such as touching or pinching. | ##:'''Hostile Environment:''' Unwelcome conduct which is severe or pervasive and is of a sexual nature, whether oral, pictorial, electronic (whether real or virtual), written, or physical, which in purpose or effect intimidates the recipient or creates an offensive or hostile working or academic environment. Such communication might be repeated use of greeting or titles offensive to the recipient, e.g., gestures, or physical contact such as touching or pinching. | ||