Archive Of Bussines: Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment has been less of an epidemic and more of a tragedy for years with in the work place and school system. Now that sexual harassment is defined clearer than ever after not having any sort of definition and the causes are known, there are effective ways of dealing with the harassment with in the law. There are many ways sexual harassment is defined; also it hasn’t always had a definition. In other words there was no such thing as sexual harassment yet it was occurring in the world. According to William Mankiller and others “Women were sexually harassed long before there was a word for it. Under slavery, white masters sexually used African American women. Women working in factories and offices have had to endure sexual comments”. (The Readers Companion to U.S. Women’s History) They also state, “As students, women and girls have been sexual prey to teachers for as long as they have been allowed to be educated.” In Tamar Lewin’s Archive of Bussines: Sexual Harassment in The Workplace its stated that there is legally two types of sexual harassment:

One is the straightforward ''quid pro quo,'' in which a supervisor promises some

In the 1980s is when some light was shined on the topic and it was even given a name; sexual harassment. “Courts slowly began to recognize that sexual harassment in the workplace could violate Title VII.” (Grossman 1033) Title VII of The Civil Rights act protects men and woman of all races and religions from discrimination from their bosses. It violates Title VII because the predator/employer is basically sexualizing their employee because of their employee’s gender. The legal system has made changes to handle and make convections in sexual harassment cases. Today we have the EEOC’s (Equal Employment Opportunity Center) guidelines for sexual