Opinion ID: 174894
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Heading: Prospect Airport’s response.

Text: [10] An employer is liable for a employee’s sexual harassment of a coworker if it knew, or should have known, about the harassment and failed to take prompt and effective remedial action.27 “Harassment is to be remedied through actions targeted at the harasser, not at the victim[.]”28 The record establishes that a jury could reasonably find that Prospect knew about the harassment, and that its response was inadequate. Lamas complained to his employer, but Prospect’s responses were ineffectual, and known by Prospect to be ineffectual. His immediate supervisor, Ronda Thompson, failed even to tell Munoz to stop. He repeatedly brought his concerns to others in management, and a manager told Munoz to stop, but management did nothing about it when Munoz did not stop, and management knew she had not. Instead the assistant general manager told Lamas to sing to himself “I’m too sexy for my shirt.” [11] Prospect’s actions were not enough to establish an affirmative defense for Prospect. “If the employer fail[s] to take even the mildest form of disciplinary action the remedy is insufficient under Title VII.”29 Prospect did nothing about Munoz, instead telling Lamas to console himself by saying “I’m too sexy for my shirt.” Men as well as women are entitled under Title VII to protection from a sexually abusive work environment.30 Lamas submitted evidence that Prospect knowingly denied him protection. 27 See, e.g., Meritor Sav. Bank, FSB v Vinson, 477 U.S. 57, 67 (1986); Intlekofer v. Turnage, 973 F.2d 773, 780 (9th Cir. 1992). 28 Intlekofer, 973 F.2d at 780 n.9. 29 Id. at 779 (citations and quotations omitted). 30 See Oncale, 523 U.S. at 82 (sexual harassment of male employee by male co-workers violated Title VII); Nichols, 256 F.3d at 875 (harassment of male employee by co-workers for failure to conform to gender-based stereotypes created hostile work environment in violation of Title VII). 13396 EEOC v. PROSPECT AIRPORT SERVICES REVERSED.