Types of Sexual Harassment

When unwelcome conduct based on the target’s sex unreasonably interferes with work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work or learning environment.

This for that. Demanded exchange in which the target is to grant sexual favors in exchange for:

• Help in retaining a job or obtaining a promotion.

• Help in receiving a good grade or recommendation.

A supervisor, academic administrator, faculty member, co-worker, student, or a non-employee, such as a vendor, consultant, customer, or client.

Supervisor, faculty member, a person with power to influence the target’s employment or educational situation.

Anyone whose work or learning environment is affected by the harassment, not only the targeted person.

The direct target of the harassment.

Target did not ask for it and regards it as offensive.

Target did not ask for it and regards it as offensive. (Submission does not necessarily mean that the sexual advance is welcome.)

Depends on severity.

Once is enough.

Vast majority of cases fall into this category.

The most well defined and least common form of sexual harassment.

Repeated:
•Gratuitous derogatory comments about women or men in the classroom unrelated to course topic/discussion
•Gratuitous and unwelcome sexual attention (comments, questions about an individual’s sexuality or sex life)
• Gratuitous comments about one’s own sex life and desires, directed at members of one gender
• Undesired physical contact of a sexual nature, such as brushing up against someone intentionally

A suggestion that sexual involvement would improve the employee’s opportunity for promotion or the student’s chance for a good grade or a threat that failure to engage in such activity will result in an adverse action.