Showing posts with label Sexual Harassment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sexual Harassment. Show all posts

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.