It is also a separate violation of University policy for a member of the Brandeis community to retaliate against anyone who complains of sexual harassment or who cooperates in an investigation of a complaint of sexual harassment. Retaliation may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal or termination of employment. You may file a complaint of sexual harassment if you believe you are being harassed by an independent contractor, agent or vendor, a visiting professor or scholar, an exchange student or anyone who has a recognized connection with the University. Males as well as females can be targets of sexual harassment and may bring a complaint for sexual harassment. Sexual harassment can occur between members of the same sex or of the opposite sex.
Sexual harassment knows no age.
Young and old alike can find themselves targets of sexual harassment. It is not the harasser who decides whether his or her particular behavior constitutes sexual harassment. If a reasonable person would consider the behavior at issue to be sexually harassing, it will be considered so. There is no standard reaction to sexual harassment. Reactions can range from fear to fury, from not immediately reacting to the situation, to choosing to ignore an incident of sexual harassment which may encourage the harasser to continue the harassment.