Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute SEXUAL HARASSMENT Lesson 4231

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute OVERVIEW u DEFINITION u KEY TERMS u BEHAVIORS u IMPACT u VICTIM PROCEDURES u STRATEGIES

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute KEY TERMS UNWELCOME SEXUAL NATURE QUID PRO QUO INTIMIDATING HOSTILE OFFENSIVE EXPLICIT IMPLICIT

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute What It Is

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT “Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT 1. Submission to or rejection of such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a person’s job, pay, or career, or:

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT 2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a person is used as a basis for career or employment decisions affecting that person, or:

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT 3. Such conduct interferes with an individual’s performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT “Any person in a supervisory or command position who uses or condones implicit sexual behavior to control, influence, or effect the career, pay, or job of a military member or civilian employee is engaging in sexual harassment. Similarly, any military member or civilian employee who makes deliberate or repeated unwelcome verbal comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature is also engaging in sexual harassment.”

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ““WORKPLACE” is an expansive term for military members and may include conduct on and off duty.

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute BEHAVIORS VERBAL NONVERBAL PHYSICAL

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE IN CERTAIN SITUATION, BUT CAN POTENTIALLY BE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IF IT IS REPEATED ENOUGH TIMES SOMETIMES SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE, BUT SOME REASONABLE MEN AND WOMEN WOULD BE OFFENDED AND WANT THE BEHAVIOR STOPPED NOT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE; REASONABLE MEN AND WOMEN WOULD BE OFFENDED AND WANT THE BEHAVIOR STOPPED NEVER SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE, AND ARE SO GRAPHIC AND SEVERE THAT ONE INSTANCE DEMANDS ACTION LIGHT * SUBTLE MODERATE SEVERE ** * Light behaviors are more likely to be called inappropriate or out of line, but not truly harassment, especially if only one instance has occurred. ** Severe behaviors include physical abuse such as attempted and actual rape or sexual assault, and verbal abuse such as serious sexual slurs. To determine whether a particular behavior constitutes sexual harassment, begin by plotting the behavior on this continuum:

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute What to do

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute IMPACT INDIVIDUAL/VICTIM UNIT MISSION

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute STRATEGIES

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute SUMMARY u DEFINITION u KEY TERMS u BEHAVIORS u IMPACT u VICTIM PROCEDURES u STRATEGIES