Sexual Harrassment In The Workplace

Sexual Harassment : Review of Contemporary Literature on Sexual Harassment

The Women 's National Law Center defines sexual harassment as a form of sexual discrimination which includes unwelcome advances , propositions involving sexual favors and verbal or physical conduct of sexual behavior or innuendo . It is very significant that the term is very clearly and broadly qualified to include the slightest of misconduct with such nature . Recall that for the longest time sexual harassment has been taken to mean only grave sexual advances and such a definition as put forth by the Women

's National Law Center is really helpful in protecting the preys of such acts . To drive the point , they also remember to mention that sexual harassment need not necessarily involve physical contact . A thorough study on the matter is quite relevant because a movement toward resolving the problem of such gravity is needed urgently . The same source tells us that almost half of the working women have responded that they have indeed experienced sexual harassment in the workplace since the 90 's . Such a staggering figure undoubtedly registers to this researcher as a cry for help of a patriarchal society , the importance of the patriarchal status to the case of sexual harassment shall be discussed later by a Gabor 's (2004 study

The areas in which the researcher wishes to shed light are three and simple . Firstly , the factors surrounding the situations of sexual harassment that contribute to its taking places . Secondly , the areas in which current measures of...