Taking the wolf out of the whistle Sexual harassment is a problem that many people in our society are confronted with. Victims can be adults or children, male or female.
Offenders can be of the opposite sex or of the same sex as their victims.
The most common situation however, is that the victim is a female and the offender is a male. Many cases of sexual harassment occur in public places such as on trains, buses, in the street, at sports venues, in shopping malls and places of entertainment. It also occurs in private places, for example, private parties, private homes and private functions. Also, sexual harassment occurs frequently in the workplace and educational institutions. This can be a real problem because if people don't know the difference then they don't know what their rights are.