However, this definition has taken the implications of lawsuits too far. There are many misguided cases in which the issue really is not sexual harassment, but a matter of insult. According to the U.S. EEOC definition, a sexual invitation by a man is perfectly legal when the invitation is accepted but illegal when refused. Because of this, a sexual invitation taken in as sexual harassment is based on an individual s perception. In most cases, women are the harassed.
Sexual harassment is basically a double standard between men and women.
Rush Limbaugh explains this in the best manner. Limbaugh cites a commercial that showed a man and a woman walking through a certain park. The woman had her hand on the man' s butt as they were walking away. Limbaugh writes in response toward this, Now imagine if the roles had been reversed, and the man had been shown with his hand on her butt. It did not matter that the woman had her hand on his butt, because men do not look at the issue in the same manner as women do.