Flirtation Vs Flirtation

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Sexual harassment can be categorized as troubling or degrading; there are two different forms of harassment in which one has authority over another or an individual creates an alarmed setting for themselves and everyone surrounding them. Flirtation has a classification of being considered harmless because of the equivalent influence both people share, the method in which the complements can be expressed and the choice an individual has whether to continue or finish the entanglement. The two share important differences in which flirtation there can be a choice or could be neutral and sexual harassment you are being exposed; causing insecurity or feeling threatened. From my point of view, I was a bit surprised of the three aspects that differentiate sexual harassment from flirtation. In the first aspect I understood that if both people shared the same amount of power, flirtation wouldn’t be …show more content…

The most obvious place it can happen is at work, but there are other places such as in college, elementary schools, high schools and even public places that we don’t realize we are being subjected to. We been doing this since we were kids we just didn’t realize it, that girl that you once had a crush on, the one you use to call names and play jokes on; You didn’t mean to intentionally do it but in some cases it could have been considered verbal harassment which was another form of sexual harassment. In universities and other minor colleges there are instances in which men and women students have received some sort of form of harassment, rarely from a professor but mainly from their peers. Everyone in college has at least gone through one of these incidents or if not seen it occur to someone else, it can range from making fun of someone for their looks, sexual remarks, jokes, sexual orientation, or it can go into a more serious form such as being touched, grabbed a certain