The victim wonders if the harasser's actions may purely be friendly gestures in his culture. However, on hindsight, she admits that one cannot be too polite all the time. One cannot deny that work-related sexual harassment has its grey areas. But the bottomline is, if the way someone acts makes you uncomfortable, you have a right to voice it. When you make known to the harasser your displeasure or resistance towards his actions, there is less room for people to give him the benefit of the doubt that there is mutual consent.
Sexual harassment is about power.
It's not about the dress you wear. It's about disrespect and discrimination towards women. Inappropriate and unwanted physical behaviour such as touching, patting, pinching, stroking, brushing up against the body, hugging, kissing, fondling, sexual assault. Demand of sexual favours as a condition of employment. Use of threat or punishment to demand sexual favours.