Sexual Harassment



Sexual Harassment

Introduction

Sexual harassment has been a part of our society for far too long. The act can be defined as coercion, intimidation and bullying originating from a sexual nature. It is also perceived as the unwelcome and inappropriate promise of rewards, and or, benefits in exchange for sexual favors. It comes in numerous forms; unwanted sexual favors, unwanted physical contact, unwanted sexually oriented communication, letters, calls, cat calling or in extreme cases rape and molestation (Jones, 1996). The purpose of this paper is to review what has been done to prevent victimization, how effective it has been and what needs to ...