Sexual Harassment In College
True or false? Many people believe that sexual harassment only involves physical assault. False! I don 't know where Dr. Paludi got this red herring of a definition from so that she could attack it, but sexual harassment had always meant quid pro quo, grades for sex, or, in the workplace, sexual favors to get the job or a raise. In either case, force was rarely needed.
Regie T. has looked up both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Act of 1972, and even without input from the ongoing debate, I can see that according to federal law, sexual harassment is wide open to interpretation. College policies? Same unhelpful and confusing statements. Staring at students, complimenting them, calling them "dear", 'uncomfortable ' witticism, having a lesson on the unclothed female figure--all these 'harassing ' behaviors have been used to fire professors. Even fully consensual love affairs weren 't safe, once some third party found out, got offended, and found time to complain. I believe people do have a clear understanding of what constitutes sexual harassment all right.
True or false? Frequently individuals are told that sexual harassment is a rare occurence or that the campus has never filed for it against an individual. True. I inquired at Valley College 's VP for …show more content…
Every gesture is suspect: if a colleague compliments you on your dress, it smacks of sexism; if a professor is friendly, he is readying you for future sexual abuse. There is no kindness so innocent that women educated in the "patterns" of harassment cannot recognize it as an instance of the newly identified activity experts refer to as "grooming" the victim for the kill. Academic encouragement, easy jesting, an affectionate epithet--all of what used to be the currency of good fellowship as well as teaching--have become cause for vigilance, fodder for complaint, the stuff of
Regie T. has looked up both Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Act of 1972, and even without input from the ongoing debate, I can see that according to federal law, sexual harassment is wide open to interpretation. College policies? Same unhelpful and confusing statements. Staring at students, complimenting them, calling them "dear", 'uncomfortable ' witticism, having a lesson on the unclothed female figure--all these 'harassing ' behaviors have been used to fire professors. Even fully consensual love affairs weren 't safe, once some third party found out, got offended, and found time to complain. I believe people do have a clear understanding of what constitutes sexual harassment all right.
True or false? Frequently individuals are told that sexual harassment is a rare occurence or that the campus has never filed for it against an individual. True. I inquired at Valley College 's VP for …show more content…
Every gesture is suspect: if a colleague compliments you on your dress, it smacks of sexism; if a professor is friendly, he is readying you for future sexual abuse. There is no kindness so innocent that women educated in the "patterns" of harassment cannot recognize it as an instance of the newly identified activity experts refer to as "grooming" the victim for the kill. Academic encouragement, easy jesting, an affectionate epithet--all of what used to be the currency of good fellowship as well as teaching--have become cause for vigilance, fodder for complaint, the stuff of