The Definition and Examples of Sexual Harassment

“There are approximately 100 million grown women in the United States, and I thought I heard them all growling today. These days women take it very seriously when they’re not taken seriously.” The sooner we all realize that this is an issue that affects both men & women, wives & husbands, sons & daughters, mothers & fathers the better off we’ll be.

The latest studies and surveys show the same results as fifteen years ago. People that actually worked in the area of harassment knew the problem was there all along and knew how big it was. Now it’s just getting the national and international attention it deserves.

Many people are facing the issue of sexual harassment for the first time and have little or no knowledge of it. The most widely used, commonsense definition of sexual harassment is deliberate and/or repeated sexual or sex based behavior that is not welcomed, not asked for and not returned that There's no hard-and-fast rule for what is and isn't sexual harassment,

Sexual harassment is typically defined in one of two ways like Unwanted pressure for sexual favors or like sexaul comments .Sexual harassment is a serious problem for students at all educational levels. Students in elementary and secondary schools, as well as vocational schools, programs, colleges and universities can be victims of sexual harassment.

This problem is more common than you might think because many students are scared or too embarrassed to report sexual harassment. It is different from flirting, playing around, or other types of behavior that you enjoy or welcome. Sexual harassment can be requests for sexual favors or unwelcome sexual behavior that is bad enough or happens often enough to make you feel uncomfortable, scared or confused.

Some example of different kind of sexual harassment that students or adults might face, when unwanted touching, comments, and/or gestures because of your sex are so bad or occur so often that it interferes with your schoolwork, makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe at school, or prevents you from participating in or benefiting from a school program or activity, this is called hostile environment harassment. This type of harassment could include conduct of a sexual nature, as well as harassing conduct based on a student’s failure to conform to gender (for example, frequent and severe verbal teasing toward a student saying that she should not do certain things like play sports or wear certain clothes because she is a girl, or physical harassment because of a student’s gender expression). The harassment can be from your teacher, school officials, other students, school volunteers, or even someone visiting the school.