Consists of at one end of the scale so-called teasing, sexual innuendoes, and bullying of a sexist nature, both physical and verbal. At the other end of the scale is explicit sexual harassment up to and including sexual aggression. Peer harassment can occur from student to student or faculty member to faculty member. Sexual harassment is rare and poses no real problem. Most females enjoy getting sexual attention.
Sexual harassment can occur between people of the same sex.
More and more females are filing false charges of sexual harassment. Most sexual harassment cases are not reported. The best way to handle sexual harassment is to ignore it. Both the accuser and the harasser must think of the behavior as sexual harassment before it can be considered illegal. Harassment occurs when a person pressures another person with unwanted sexual behavior.