Most victims of sexual harassment are female and most harassers are male. Other forms of discrimination those based on race, age, religion, or disability may be combined with an incident of sexual harassment. Victims of sexual harassment often find themselves harassed by persons who have some power over them. Examples include faculty members or administrators harassing students, and supervisors harassing employees. Sometimes, however, staff or faculty members may be harassed by coworkers, and students by other students.
Sexual harassment is illegal.
It is a form of sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, and the official policy of the City University of New York. This policy is related to and is in conformity with the equal opportunity policy of the University to recruit, employ, retain, and promote employees without regard to sex, age, race, color, or creed. Prompt investigation of allegations will be made on a confidential basis to ascertain the veracity of complaints, and appropriate corrective action will be taken. It is a violation of policy for any member of the University community to engage in sexual harassment. It is a violation of policy for any member of the University community to take action against an individual for reporting sexual harassment.