Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment in the work place
Craig Flemming
University of the Virgin Islands
Professor Vanda Espinosa
Abstract
There is no place for sexual harassment in the workplace, however in many organizations it remains an ugly fact that these unnecessary sexual acts are taking place. Harassment of a woman by a man or of a man by a woman, or harassment between people of the same gender is in its essence the enactment of power, weather hierarchical, based on stronger physical attributes, or both. It reduces the victim to feeling lower then what they are. Sexual harassment victims feel ashamed, angry and humiliated, and find it difficult to continue working under such conditions
Sexual harassment is any kind of sexual behavior that is unwelcome or inappropriate for the work place, school grounds or any other place where people interact. There are four examples of sexual harassment: making sexual advances, making solicitations, making sexual requests, and making demands for sexual compliance (makinnon, 1979). There can also be cases of verbal harassment and visual harassment such as posters, cartoons, and drawings. People who sexually harass do so to Belittle, humiliate, and control others by using sex or sexually-explicit materials and Language to make another person feel uncomfortable and fearful. Sometimes their motive is to have power over that person or to use the power they already have in order to force others into sexual activities (MacKinnon, 1979). Although harasser’s actions are sexual in nature, they are essentially about Exerting power over another person. Sexual harassment has an impact on men, but it has an even greater impact on women.
When it comes to the issues of the work place, Sexual harassment involves unwelcome, unsolicited and unwanted sexual behavior that in the workplace that offends, humiliates, embarrasses, intimidates or otherwise causes distress to the affected employee or employees (work place sexual harassment, 2013). Employers
Craig Flemming
University of the Virgin Islands
Professor Vanda Espinosa
Abstract
There is no place for sexual harassment in the workplace, however in many organizations it remains an ugly fact that these unnecessary sexual acts are taking place. Harassment of a woman by a man or of a man by a woman, or harassment between people of the same gender is in its essence the enactment of power, weather hierarchical, based on stronger physical attributes, or both. It reduces the victim to feeling lower then what they are. Sexual harassment victims feel ashamed, angry and humiliated, and find it difficult to continue working under such conditions
Sexual harassment is any kind of sexual behavior that is unwelcome or inappropriate for the work place, school grounds or any other place where people interact. There are four examples of sexual harassment: making sexual advances, making solicitations, making sexual requests, and making demands for sexual compliance (makinnon, 1979). There can also be cases of verbal harassment and visual harassment such as posters, cartoons, and drawings. People who sexually harass do so to Belittle, humiliate, and control others by using sex or sexually-explicit materials and Language to make another person feel uncomfortable and fearful. Sometimes their motive is to have power over that person or to use the power they already have in order to force others into sexual activities (MacKinnon, 1979). Although harasser’s actions are sexual in nature, they are essentially about Exerting power over another person. Sexual harassment has an impact on men, but it has an even greater impact on women.
When it comes to the issues of the work place, Sexual harassment involves unwelcome, unsolicited and unwanted sexual behavior that in the workplace that offends, humiliates, embarrasses, intimidates or otherwise causes distress to the affected employee or employees (work place sexual harassment, 2013). Employers