For information, call 978-3908 and ask for Paddy Stamp. Calls to the Office and the complaints procedure itself are confidential. Sexual harassment is a form of sexual coercion. It may include verbal innuendo, unwelcome references to someone's sex or sexual orientation, jokes, suggestive or obscene remarks, unwanted sexual advances or unwanted touching. It may be a single incident, or part of a continuous barrage.
Homophobic harassment is covered under the policy.
The more threatening forms of sexual harassment may make the University environment intolerable to their victims, and result in people abandoning their studies. This is useful if you want to make a formal complaint, or if you want to confront the harasser. Refuse to blame yourself. You are not responsible for the harasser's behaviour. If you feel able to, tell the person harassing you as clearly, directly and firmly as you can that their behaviour is offending you and you want it to stop.