2. What is it?
Merriman-Webster’s Dictionary (3rd Ed.), it is uninvited and unwelcome
verbal or physical conduct directed at an employee because of his or her
sex.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as unwelcome
sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment at work occurs whenever
unwelcome conduct on the basis of gender affects a person's job.
3. Examples of harassment
Verbal
Whistling at someone, cat calls.
Making sexual comments or innuendos.
Making kissing sounds, howling, and smacking lips.
Non verbal
Looking a person up and down.
Blocking a person's path.
Making sexual gestures with hands or through body movements.
Making facial expressions such as winking, throwing kisses, or licking lips.
Physical
Touching the person's clothing, hair, or body.
Touching or rubbing oneself sexually around another person.
Standing close or brushing up against another person.
4. Common effects on the victim
Decreased work performance.
Loss of job or career, loss of income.
Becoming publicly sexualized.
Defamation of character and reputation.
Extreme stress upon relationships with significant others.
Having to relocate to another city, another job.
Psychological and health effects : depression, anxiety nightmares, suicide , shame and guilt.
5. The DO’s and DON’Ts of Sexual
Harassment
Do
Admit that a problem exists.
Tell the offender specifically what you find offensive.
Tell the offender that his or her behavior is bothering you.
Say specifically what you want or don’t want to happen.
Don't
Blame yourself for someone else’s behavior, unless it truly is
inoffensive.
Choose to ignore the behavior, unless it is truly inoffensive.
Try to handle any severe or recurring harassment problem by
yourself.
6. conclusion
In case you are wondering who has to
tolerate sexual harassment…….
the answer is ..No One!