Definition of Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment includes verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature which may have a negative impact upon the victim’s academic or work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational/work environment.
Sexual harassment may include, but is not limited to:
- Making comments or jokes about a students body
- Online or text message sharing of pictures or videos of a sexual nature
- Insults about a students dating, romantic, or sexual history
- Writing notes, letters, or graffiti that are sexually explicit
- Making obscene gestures or suggestive body movements that are sexual in nature.
- Unwanted hugging, kissing, or other forms of unwanted sexual contact
- Touching an intimate part of another persons body without consent
- Dating Violence
- Sexual assault