Gender-based harassment should be illegal whether or not it relies on sexual language or imagery. Moreover, women themselves make and enjoy sexual banter. This is not a feminist position. Finally, a focus on sexual material diverts attention from the underlying causes of harassment. It is the deeply-rooted social causes of such hostility that policy makers need to address.
Research shows that sexual harassment is most likely where women are few in number.
They are meaningless substitutes for measures that will benefit women in school and on the job. It is, however, an urge the First Amendment requires that we staunchly resist, in favor of the fundamental values of tolerance, pluralism, and the free exchange of ideas.