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Sexual Harassment

BIBLIOGRAPHY an individual’s employment, (2) unreasonably interferes
Berman, Jay M. (2004, February). Industry output and employ- with an individual’s work performance, or (3) creates an
ment projections to 2012. Monthly Labor Review, 127(2),
intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. Sex-
58–79.
ual harassment charges are among the most frequently lit-
The Economic Report of the President. (2005). Washington, DC:
igated workplace claims in the United States.
Government Printing Office.
Although stories of women and men suffering in the
Hecker, Daniel E. (2004, February). Occupational employment
workplace by refusing to submit to some sort of sexual
projections to 2012. Monthly Labor Review, 127(2), 80–105.
activity have appeared in recorded history for centuries,
Su, Betty (2004, February). The U.S. economy to 2012: Signs of
the term sexual harassment is relatively new. The term
growth. Monthly Labor Review, 127(2), 23–36.
appeared within the feminist movement in the 1960s and
entered common usage in 1978 when the federal Equal
Alan G. Krabbenhoft Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidelines
Amy Lynn DeVault covering such discrimination. Illegal discrimination, typi-
cally based on factors such as race and gender, emerged as
a key political and social issue during the latter part of the
twentieth century; thus, more attention became focused
SEXUAL HARASSMENT on sexual harassment in the workplace, media, legal pro-
Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual fession, academia, and the public.
advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or The legal foundation for the prohibition on sexual
physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to or harassment can be found in a law chiefly designed to deal
rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly (1) affects with employment discrimination—Title VII of the Civil

Demonstrators in Watertown, Massachusetts, protesting alledged sexual and racial harassment, May 27, 1996. AP IMAGES

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