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    Sexual harassment lowers work performance and brings low self-esteem to the victims. Sexual harassment is considered as a public embarrassment and humiliation where the harassed may be blamed for her dress and lifestyle at times.it is unfortunate that the harassed normally become under scrutiny and this really interferes with their reputation and dignity. To most victims, sexual harassment may prompt them to change their jobs or even feel that people around them do not care about them. There are…

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    Sexual harassment is defined in the state of Pennsylvania as unwanted touching, romantic attention, exposure to pornography, suggesting sexual favors, and unwanted commenting on their body. The most common type of harassment that occurs is men acting perverted toward women, but it is not just women being harassed, men are harassed as well. Men get harassed in ways such as humping as a joke for a laugh, or threating in a violent manner. The U.S. State Department has responsibility in…

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    Sexual harassment sounds like an adult issue, something that is a problem in a work environment. Most people won’t even hear it identified or defined until possibly late in high school, or until they start their first jobs, but sexual harassment can start as early as elementary school. What’s worse is that children are unaware that the behavior is wrong, and so it just continues. A lot of people claim that educating children about sexual behavior is unnecessary, when it could help develop…

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    WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT? Sexual harassment in a workplace, or at any other professional or/and social place is defined as making unwanted sexual advances or obscene(vulgar) comments on an individual(s) (mostly women but also includes men and third gender). Here, I will talk about the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace and its Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act. SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE The Government of India introduced the Prevention,…

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    Sexual harassment in most cases are occur more often to a woman than a man due to the fact that as progressive as the 21st century is, there is still inequality in almost every working force, whether it is under government employment or otherwise. Women tend to resign to their fate out of fear and the belief that no one will believe them over a man or how they would be portrayed if any news of the harassment were to be revealed. The man doing the harassing might portray the woman as something…

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    case, Arthur Green and other heterosexual coworkers were faced the sexual harassment from his immediate supervisor, Howard Smith and other homosexual workers. The sexual harassment is a type of sexual discrimination that violates the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC defined the sexual harassment as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical behavior of a sexual nature that affects working conditions or creates an intimidate,…

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    discussing sexual harassment and retaliation, in consist of verbal or physical conduct that degrades or shows hostility or dislike toward an individual based on sex. Sexual harassment can come in different variations such as verbal or physical conduct. Some people think of harassment as involving physical conduct, like touching, groping or fondling. Sexual harassment involves verbal conduct, such as comments that directly or indirectly refer to an individual’s sex or comments of a sexual nature…

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    Sexual harassment is a big problem facing people of all ages and can happen anywhere ranging from in schools to workplaces. Statistics have shown victims of sexual harassment are typically women but that does not mean men cannot be sexually harassed as well. Sexual harassment can come in physical or verbal forms, little things such as unwanted sexual comments or unwanted sexual advances can be considered sexual harassment. The victims can be anyone ranging from children in elementary schools to…

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    Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment is a large problem all over the world, and it can cause people to feel uncomfortable going to places such as work or even the hospital. Sexual harassment is generally described as unwanted sexual propositions, appealing for sexual favors, and other physical or verbal harassment of a sexual nature (Sexual Harassment). There are many problems that occur because of sexual harassment, and the people who are harassed usually do not admit because they do…

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    Sexual harassment may create a devastating impact on individuals and can lead to a personal loss of morale and efficiency. Nevertheless, there is no easy description to define sexual harassment because different people have different perception. Besides, sexual harassment has been named “‘term of art’ that holds different meaning for different people” (U.S Merit System Protection Board, 1988, p.2). In this generation, sexual harassment has been defined as any unwanted or unwelcome conduct of a…

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