What is Sexual Harrassment?

     

Sexual harassment can include a wide range of behaviours that cause another person distress.

Behaviours that may be acceptable or even welcome in some situations may be inappropriate in other circumstances.

The following are some of the forms sexual harassment can take:

• Unwelcome comments about a person´s sex life or physical appearance.
• Suggestive behaviour such as leering or ogling.
• Offensive hand and body gestures.
• Sexual or offensive jokes.
• Pornographic pictures and artwork.
• Unnecessary familiarity such as deliberately brushing up against a person.
• Sexual propositions or continual requests for dates.
• Obscene telephone calls.
• Obscene letters and notes.
• Unwelcome physical contact such as patting, pinching, touching or putting an arm around another person´s body .
• Indecent assault or rape.