| Sexual Harassment Happens When ... |
- a student/employee is subject to unwelcome sexual advances and
giving in could be the basis for grading, firing, hiring, or advancement
- any type of unwelcome sexual behavior (physical, verbal, or
non-verbal) creates a hostile classroom/college/work environment.
Examples:
- Physical behaviors:
- -- Patting, touching, or other unwelcome bodily contact.
- -- Following a person.
- Verbal behaviors:
- -- Making sexual comments about a person's clothing, body, or looks.
- -- Sexually oriented jokes or remarks.
- Non-verbal behaviors:
- -- Displaying sexually suggestive pictures that humiliate or embarrass.
- -- Repeated glances or stares.
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| Sexual Harassment Is Illegal |
- Need help or have questions, please contact:
- EEO/AA Coordinator
- Honolulu Community College
- Building 6, Second Floor
- Phone 847-9843
- Director of EEO/AA for the Community Colleges
- 2327 Dole Street, Room 3
- Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
- Phone 956-4650
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 677 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 404
- Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
- Phone 541-3120
- Hawaii Civil Rights Commission
- 888 Mililani Street, 2nd Floor
- Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
- Phone 586-8636
- Office of Civil Rights
- 915 Second Street, Room 3310
- Seattle, Washington 98174
- Phone (206) 220-7900
- For confidential counseling if you are sexually assaulted:
- The Sex Abuse Treatment Center's 24-hour Hotline
- Phone 524-7273
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| Examples of Sexually Harassing Behaviors |
It is not necessary to prove that physical harassment occured. It is
sufficient to demonstrate that a "hostile" or "offensive working
environment" was created by unwanted or unwelcomed behaviors which have
affected work performance.
| TYPES OF HARASSMENT |
KINDS OF BEHAVIORS |
| TYPE ONE |
| (Quid Pro Quo) |
Actual sexual contact |
| Sexual coercion that brings harm or affects conditions
of employment |
Termination, failure to hire, failure to promote or grant work-related
privileges or assigning an unfair workload or deadline when an employee/
applicant rebuffs sexual advances
Promise of a work-related benefit in return for sexual favors |
| TYPE TWO |
| (Hostile Environment) |
Behaviors that may contribute to a hostile environment |
| A. Physical Behaviors |
Grabbing, squeezing or pinching
Touching the person's clothing, hair, or body
Hugging, kissing, patting on the head or stroking
A hand on the shoulder or arm when talking or giving instructions
Giving a neck or shoulder massage
Hanging around a person
Standing close or brushing up against a person
Following a person
Blocking a person's path |
| B. Verbal Behaviors |
Whistling at someone, cat calls
Making comments of a sexual nature
Turning work discussions to sexual topics
Asking about sexual fantasies, preferences or history
Asking personal questions about social/sexual life
Making sexual comments about a person's clothing, anatomy, or looks
Repeatedly asking out a person who is not interested
Making kissing sounds, howling, smacking lips
Telling lies or spreading rumors about a person's persona sex life
Making sexual comments or innuendos
Telling sexual or off-color jokes or stories
Concentrating on a person's appearance, rather than accomplishments |
| C. Non-Verbal Behaviors |
Eyeing a person up and down
Staring at someone
Giving personal gifts
Making facial expressions such as winking, throwing kisses or licking lips
Making sexual gestures with hands or through body movements
Posting pictures of scantily clad women or men on office walls
Cartoons on bulletin boards of at a person's workstation that are sexually offensive
Obscene gestures
Displaying sexually suggestive visuals
Touching or rubbing oneself sexually around another person |
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| Is Your Behavior Potentially Welcome or Unwelcome |
Five questions to ask yourself:
- Would you want your behavior reported in the newspaper or on the evening news?
- Is there equal power in the interaction/relationship?
- Is there equal initiation and participation between you and the person with
whom you are interacting?
- Would you exhibit this behavior if your spouse or someone you are in a
relationship with were standing beside you?
- Would you want someone to act the same way toward your spouse or someone you are
in a relationship with?
Note: Answering "no" to any of these questions is a warning sign to you that your
behavior may be unwelcome and therefore sexual harassment.
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