Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, No. Both of these cases deal with employer liability in hostile environment sexual harassment cases. The issue before the Court was whether an employer was liable for damages to a victim of sexual harassment when such harassment created an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment, but the employer was not notified of the alleged harassment. No affirmative defense is available to the employer if the supervisor s harassment culminates in a tangible employment action. The College is vicariously liable for all harassment engaged in by its supervisory employees.
Women send men too many mixed messages.
If the person would just ignore the behavior, the harasser would stop. Lacking a sense of humor and being too sensitive leads to innocent joking being taken the wrong way. If the intent is to just have a little fun, but not to do harm, it really isn't sexual harassment. It is not done in jest or fun. Sexual harassment rarely occurs in the workplace or academic setting.