sexual harassment of women at workplace

1. Abhimanyu
Singh
Roll No.

2. What is it?
 Merriman-Webster’s Dictionary (3rd Ed.), it is uninvited and unwelcome
verbal or physical conduct directed at an employee because of his or her
sex.
 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as unwelcome
sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment at work occurs whenever
unwelcome conduct on the basis of gender affects a person's job.

3. Examples of harassment
 Verbal
 Whistling at someone, cat calls.
 Making sexual comments or innuendos.
 Making kissing sounds, howling, and smacking lips.
 Non verbal
 Looking a person up and down.
 Blocking a person's path.
 Making sexual gestures with hands or through body movements.
 Making facial expressions such as winking, throwing kisses, or licking lips.
 Physical
 Touching the person's clothing, hair, or body.
 Touching or rubbing oneself sexually around another person.
 Standing close or brushing up against another person.

4. Common effects on the victim
 Decreased work performance.
 Loss of job or career, loss of income.
 Becoming publicly sexualized.
 Defamation of character and reputation.
 Extreme stress upon relationships with significant others.
 Having to relocate to another city, another job.
 Psychological and health effects : depression, anxiety nightmares, suicide , shame and guilt.

5. The DO’s and DON’Ts of Sexual
Harassment
 Do
 Admit that a problem exists.
 Tell the offender specifically what you find offensive.
 Tell the offender that his or her behavior is bothering you.
 Say specifically what you want or don’t want to happen.
 Don't
 Blame yourself for someone else’s behavior, unless it truly is
inoffensive.
 Choose to ignore the behavior, unless it is truly inoffensive.
 Try to handle any severe or recurring harassment problem by
yourself.

6. conclusion
In case you are wondering who has to
tolerate sexual harassment…….
the answer is ..No One!