Sexual Violence: A form of sexual harassment referring to physical sexual acts perpetrated without consent. Sexual violence includes rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual coercion. Sexual violence, in any form, is a criminal act.
Sexual Harassment: Any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favors, or other unwelcome verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature when
Submission to or rejection of such conduct is made, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of an individual's employment, evaluation of academic work, or participation in any aspect of a USM or UMGC program or activity
Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for academic, employment, or activity or program participation-related decisions affecting an individual
Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance; for example, it is sufficiently severe or pervasive to create an intimidating, hostile, humiliating, demeaning, or sexually offensive working, academic, residential, or social environment
Sexual Intimidation: Threatening to sexually assault another person; gender or sex-based stalking, including cyber-stalking; or engagement in indecent exposure.
Sexual Exploitation: Taking nonconsensual or abusive sexual advantage of another person for one's own advantage or benefit or for the advantage or benefit of anyone other than the person being exploited.
Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress.