Thursday, November 13, 2008

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment often occurs in the workplace. It occurs in many forms, physical, verbal, or nonverbal.


Physical sexual harassment includes the following aspects: unwanted touching, hugging, fondling, kissing, pinching, holding, grabbing; "accidental" collisions or brushing up against another person; physical assault; or sexual assault.


Verbal sexual harassment includes the following aspects: offensive graphic jokes or language; threats; comments about a person's body; comments and/or questions about a person's sexual behavior; conversations filled with sexual innuendo and double entendres; and suggestions of a sexual nature.


And, the last one, nonverbal sexual harassment includes the following forms: offensive gestures or motions; leaning over someone at a desk; leering at a person's body; displaying or circulating sexually suggestive cartoons, letters, or pictures; and other sexually oriented behavior.

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