The document discusses sexual and social behavior at work, defining sexual behavior as unwelcome advances and harassment, while social sexual behavior includes flirting and banter. It highlights how such behaviors can impact workplace satisfaction and employee turnover, particularly referencing the situation in Bangladesh where legal frameworks are being established to combat sexual harassment. The conclusion emphasizes the need for awareness programs and initiatives by businesses to address and mitigate sexual behavior issues in the workplace.

1. SOCIAL AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AT WORK

2. Introduction
• Sexual behavior is an unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual nature.
• The sexual behavior may include unwanted pressure
for sexual favors and deliberate touching, leaning or
pinching sexual looks or gestures and unwanted letters,
telephone calls, or materials of a sexual nature and
pressure for dates.

3. Defining Social Sexual Behavior
• It is such behaviors can include flirting,
complimenting each other’s physical
appearance, gentle touching, sexual
innuendos, banter about sexual topics,
sharing sexual stories, and dirty jokes.
• These interactions can occur between men
and women, as well as between employees of
the same sex.
• According to ILO, Sexual harassment as any
physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a
sexual nature and other conduct based on
sex affecting the dignity of women and men,
which is unwelcome, unreasonable and
offensive to the recipient.

4. The Impacts of Social Sexual Behavior at Work
• Sexual behavior affect profitable workplaces for
employees, it influences work fulfillment, turnover, and
non-attendance. Noteworthy outcomes showed that
workers who were sexually annoyed detailed (i) a
decrease in employment fulfillment (ii) more prominent
turnover aims and (iii) a higher rate of non-attendance.

5. The Psychological and Social Benefits of
Social Sexual Behavior
• A portion of the individual-level
mental and social advantages that
can accumulate when social sexual
behavior is not translated as
harassment.
i) Self-esteem and Social Inclusion
ii) Work engagement
iii) Energy, vigor, and creativity
iv) Group camaraderie and cohesion

6. Sexual Behavior at Workplace in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh is one of the developing countries which
attempting to engage the women and giving additional
facilities to the women.
• A large number of women’s entry into paid labor force has
increased incidences of social sexual behavior in
Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association
(BNWLA) vs. Government of Bangladesh and Others, the
Supreme Court of Bangladesh defined ‘sexual behavior
and harassment’ and laid down directives in the form of
guidelines to protect women and girl children from sexual
harassment at the workplace and educational institutions
in both the public and private sectors to be followed and
observed until adequate legislation is made in this field.

7. Cont……
• Section 10 (2) of the Nari-O-Shishu Nirjaton Domon Ain (2000) which states
that, any man who, in order to satisfy his lust in an improper manner,
outrages the modesty of a woman, or makes obscene gestures, will have
engaged in sexual harassment and for this, the above mentioned male will be
sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of not more than seven years and not less
than two years and beyond this will be subjected to monetary fines as well.
• Article 50 of the Bangladesh Penal Code provides that "Whoever, intending to
insult the modesty of any women, utters any word, makes any sound or
gesture or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be
heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, or intrudes
upon the privacy of such woman, shall be punished with simple imprisonment
for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both."

8. Conclusion
• Sexual behavior is an unwelcome behavior which is directed by men to
women or men to men or women to women or women to men. It is essentially
occurs against women.
• Awareness programs have been conducted in each area and furthermore
business affiliations have started initiatives of giving awareness on the
growing problem of sexual behavior in the workplace.