What Can Recent Events Teach Us About Sexual Harassment? Minimize the Prospects of Being Victimized
What Can Recent Events Teach Us About Sexual Harassment? Minimize the Prospects of Being Victimized What Can Recent Events Teach Us About Sexual Harassment? Minimize the Prospects of Being Victimized By Eric Q Steele In recent months, news accounts concerning sexual harassment in the workplace have splashed across the front pages of every major newspaper and at the top of the hour of every major television news program in America. Regrettably, the avalanche of current coverage has largely occurred without context or depth. The widespread media attention has failed to illuminate much, if any, information on what types of misconduct actually constitute workplace sexual harassment. In an effort to shed some needed light on the subject, let us examine what actions the courts have found amounts to actionable sexual harassment. The courts have defined two forms of sexual harassment: "Quid pro quo harassment" and "hostile environment harassment." "Quid pr...