Question

what is the basic definition of Sexual Harassment in the workplace? What are two main types of Sexual Harassment in the workplace - how do they differ (give one example)

Answer 1

Sexual harassment at the workplace is defined as unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive and affects working conditions or create a hostile work environment.

The two main types of sexual harassment in the workplace is as follow:-

1. verbal sexual harassment:-

It includes bad comments about clothing, a person's body, sexual or gender-based jokes or remarks, requesting sexual favors or repeatedly asking a person out. It also includes spreading rumors about a person's personal or sexual life.

2. Physical sexual harassment:-

It includes impeding or blocking movement, inappropriate touching such as kissing, hugging, patting, stroking, or rubbing, sexual gesturing.

There are also two categories of sexual harassment:-

1. Quid Pro Quo(this for that):-

In this bosses offers the rewards of the job such as raises or promotions and punishment such as demotion and instead of that they force their employees to have a sexual relationship.

2.Hostile work environment:-

It conducts that unreasonably interferes with work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. for example, it may be sexual harassment if repeated sexual comments make someone uncomfortable so that their work performance suffers so that decline to get promotion to avoid the harasser.