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Article: Sexual harassment: will you know it when you see it?
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- LP/Gas
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- March 1, 2003
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines sexual harassment as "unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that are connected to decisions about employment or advancement or that create an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment." Employers have an affirmative duty to prevent and eliminate such behavior.
However you define it, it is an issue of power. A supervisor's behavior is seen as considerably more serious and threatening than the same action by a co-worker, and male bosses are less likely than female ones to recognize harassment in its subtler forms.
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