Sexual harassment in education

Sexual harassment in an educational setting Both males and females experience some kind of sexual harassment in different settings including educational, workplace and environmental settings. Sexual harassment includes derogatory comments, slurs, jokes, sexting, letters and notes of a sexual nature, assault, touching, sexual gesture, sexually explicit pictures and cartoons. Offering favors in exchange of sexual favors is also considered as sexual harassment, and it is very common in educational institutes (Carinci, 2013). Despite the fact that sexual harassment is forbidden under the title VII of Civil Right Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the high frequency of sexual harassment shows how vast the problem is (Zittleman,…

year 12,000 harassment claims are filed with the EEOC (Bush Lewis Lawyers, 2014). One in four women, to one in 17 men have experiencing sexual harassment (Langer, 2011). Sexual harassment has been so pervasive in our culture that in some organizations and environments, it is so commonplace that it is considered a daily part of life. With the rise of our global technological economy, sexual harassment has taken on additional forms via email, sexting, and through social media. Sexual Harassment…

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…

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…

need to clearly understand the parameters of sexual harassment in order to raise awareness and implement strategies to keep employees safe and avoid costly legal issues. By law, sexual harassment is defined as “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature” when compliance with such conduct affects one’s employment, work performance, or results in a hostile environment that serves as a basis for employment decisions (p.126). Quid…

Filing a Sexual Harassment Complaint The Dothan City School System includes a process for filing a sexual harassment complaint in their Personnel Board Policies under Section 5.14, sub - section(s) 5.14.3 and 5.14.4. Sexual harassment is recognized by the Dothan City Schools Board of Education (DCBOE) as a form of sexual discrimination which is prohibited by anyone connected to or representing the DCBOE. The system has both an informal and formal complaint process in place. The informal…

due to the feminist movement, technological advances, legislation, and access to higher education (Gini, 1998). As the role of women in the workforce has changed over…

Sexual Harassment: A Slippery Slope In today’s society it seems the term “sexual harassment” has a new meaning than in years past, or maybe sexual harassment awareness is becoming more of a priority as lawsuits have increased two fold in the past thirty years. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Corporations, government agencies, and schools spend billions of dollars in training the workforce or population in fighting…

Introduction Human resource policy is a way an organization can protect its employees from themselves and from other employees. A policy manual should include all areas that an employee needs protection or education. The four policies that take precedence are equal pay, internet and e-mail use, workplace bullying, and sexual harassment. Each of these policies derive from the basic ethical guidelines of human nature. Romans 12:10 states, “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one…

Sexual Harassment in a workplace, professional environment or social situation involves the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene gestures and or remarks. Sexual Harassment is not gender, race or ethnically specific. This means any individual can become a victim of sexual harassment whether you are male or female, black, Hispanic or white. Sexual harassment is so much of a problem that laws were developed to protect all members of society. In regard to law there are sexual harassment…