Getting Serious about Sexual Harassment. ERIC Digest, Number 75. Getting Serious about Sexual Harassment. ERIC Digest, Number 75.
Most administrators are interested in addressing the problem in a professional, proactive manner.
However, uncertainty exists concerning what constitutes sexual harassment of employees and students and what steps can be taken to drive home the message that it will not be tolerated. The essence of sexual harassment cannot be conveyed by merely rattling off a tidy list of potentially offensive behaviors. In addition to looking at the conduct itself, other considerations include the context in which specific sexual conduct took place and how it affected the recipient. Another thing that complicates the issue is that men and women tend to have different perspectives concerning what constitutes sexual harassment. The EEOC classifies sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.