sexual harassment

sexual harassment
unwelcome sexual advances made by an employer or superior, esp. when compliance is made a condition of continued employment or advancement.
[1975-80]

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Unsolicited verbal or physical behaviour of a sexual nature.

Sexual harassment may embrace any sexually motivated behaviour considered offensive by the recipient. Legal recourse is available in cases that occur in the workplace, though it is very difficult to obtain convictions. In 1994 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that behaviour can be considered sexual harassment and an abridgment of an individual's civil rights if it creates a hostile and abusive working environment.

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