Tag: Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment Supreme Court Opinions Defining Sexual Harassment in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Supreme Court Opinions Defining Sexual Harassment In 1986 in the case of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, the Supreme Court first recognized as unlawful both types of […]

Sexual Harassment Supreme Court Opinions Responsibility for Sexual Harassment in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Supreme Court Opinions Responsibility for Sexual Harassment The Supreme Court has decided several cases regarding when employers and educational institutions […]

Sexual Harassment Prevalence in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Prevalence Many different studies have attempted to investigate the frequency and prevalence of sexual harassment. Surveys provide widely divergent statistics, indicating that anywhere from 30 to 70 percent of […]

Sexual Harassment Freedom-of-Speech Issues in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Freedom-of-Speech Issues In an attempt to eliminate sexual harassment and avoid financial liability, many employers have developed company policies expressly prohibiting sexual harassment and […]

Sexual Harassment Laws Against Sexual Harassment In Schools in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Laws Against Sexual Harassment In Schools Title IX prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, in all federally funded educational institutions. The federal agency […]

Sexual Harassment Attitudes Toward Sexual Harassment in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Attitudes Toward Sexual Harassment Prior to the mid-1970s courts in the United States responded to allegations of sexual harassment by concluding that it was a private matter. This […]

Sexual Harassment Effects in the United States Introduction to Sexual Harassment Effects Sexual harassment often has adverse effects on the victim’s performance at work or school. Both the quantity and the quality of work may suffer, as well as the employee’s or student’s morale, attendance, […]