1. Sunny Hills High School Business Law Mrs. Larsen
Sexual Harassment
Sunny Hills High School
Business Law
Mrs. Larsen

2. What is Sexual Harassment
Bothering people in a sexual way
Unwelcome behavior, and in most cases repeated
Defined from the victim’s point of view
Goal is power, not sexual pleasure
Against the law!!!!!

3. Federal Law Unwelcome sexual advances Requests for sexual favors
Verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
Four Categories:
Quid Pro Quo
Hostile Environment
Sexual Favoritism
Harassment by Non-employees

4. Quid Pro Quo Something is given in return for something else
i.e. Submit to advances or lose job
Has to occur only one time to be considered illegal

5. Hostile Environment Effect of “poisoning” the work environment
Sexually explicit:
Jokes
Pinups
Graffiti
Vulgar statements
Abusive language
Indirect sexual comments
Overt sexual conduct
Must happen with some frequency

6. Sexual Favoritism
Supervisor rewards only those employees who submit to sexual demands
Other employees denied

7. Harassment by Non-employees
People outside of the company:
Customers
Vendors
Contractors
Employer responsible if they have control over actions

8. California State Law Visual Harassment Verbal Harassment
Derogatory posters, cartoons, drawings
Unwanted love letters or notes
Verbal Harassment
Derogatory comments or slurs
Suggestive or insulting sounds
Comments about anatomy or clothes

9. California State Law Physical Harassment Sexual Favors Assault
Impeding or blocking movement
Any physical interference with work or movement
Sexual Favors
Unwanted sexual advances
Employment contingent upon exchange of sexual favors

10. Visual Harassment Examples
Unwanted love poems, letters, cards
Obscene poems
Staring
Leering
Obscene gestures
Sexually suggestive
Cartoons, posters, magazines, flyers
Displaying sexually suggestive objects/pictures

11. Verbal Harassment Examples
Unwanted requests for dates
Questions about personal life
Indecent comments
Dirty/sexual jokes
Sexually explicit or degrading words
Name calling
Suggestive or insulting sounds/whistling
Graphic, verbal comments—body or dress

12. Physical Harassment Examples
Violating Space
Blocking
Following
Cornering
Force
Rape
Physical Assault
Touching
Patting
Grabbing
Pinching
Caressing
Kissing
Brushing against another’s body

13. Sexual Favors Examples
Power
Relationships
Using position to request dates, sex, etc.
Threats
Quid Pro Quo
Demands
Loss of job
Selection process
Demotion
Promotion
Raise

14. Sexual Harassment vs. Flirting
Power
Hostile
Feels “bad”
One-sided
Feel “unattractive”
Degrading
Illegal!!!
Flirting
Fun
Friendly
Feels “good”
Reciprocal
Feel “attractive”
Compliment
Legal!!!

15. Sexual Harassment Quiz (T or F)
Sexual harassment is a problem in the workplace.
Males are not victims of sexual harassment in the workplace.
If a female dresses or behaves in a sexy way, she is asking to be sexually harassed.
Sexual harassment does not occur between people of the same sex.

16. Sexual Harassment Quiz (T or F)
Sexual harassment means bothering someone in a sexual way.
Quid Pro Quo involves granting an employment benefit in exchange for sexual favors or making sex a condition of one’s employment.
Teasing and flirting are no big deal. They make work more fun.

17. Sexual Harassment Quiz (T or F)
Most females enjoy getting sexual attention at work.
Women/men who work in nontraditional jobs are more likely to be sexually harassed.
Sexual harassment is behavior that is not only unwelcome, but in most cases repeated.

18. Sexual Harassment Quiz (T or F)
A “hostile environment” is one where conduct of a sexual nature (visual, verbal or physical) is so repetitious that it unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.

19. Sexual Harassment Quiz (T or F)
If the recipient doesn’t like the sexual attention, but the person acting or speaking means it only as flirting or joking, then it is not sexual harassment.
The goal of sexual harassment is not sexual pleasure, but gaining power over another.