MAIN POINT 1:

1. WHAT IS SEXUAL HARRASSMENT 2. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SEXUAL HARRASSMENT AND BEING COURTEOUS 3. UNDERSTAND THE LAWS THAT DEEM SEXUAL HARRASSMENT A CRIME.

WHAT IS SEXUAL HARRASSMENT 1. Webster's Dictionary - uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior directed at an employee because of his or her sex.

2. Legal Definition - unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical of a sexual nature when - conditions are placed upon a person's career or terms of employment in return for sexual favors. or when promises of career advancement, promotions, and other benefits should the victim give in to the sexual advances.

2. Violation of both state and federal law; illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for employees:" prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, color, national origin or religion."

WARNING SIGNS: 1. Inappropriate Behavior - Sexual comments or jokes, sexual phone calls, stories, looks/gestures. - Explicit videos, pictures, calendars, screen savers, websites. Unwelcome flirting, insisting on dates. 2. Behaviors Manager/ Coworkers - Hostility between coworkers. lack of friendship amongts coworkers. Complaints regarding the opposite sexes actions. - soldiers who act defensively/ angrily toward the opposite sex. - Avoided glances or murmurs made when the opposite sex walks past them. - Job loss if sexual advances are not met. 3. Inappropriate Physical Content - Purposeful touching or cornering. - Forceful neck massages. - Sexual intercourse with coworkers/supervisors.

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT (NOT): 1. Appropriate Behaviors - Compliments pertaining to ones performance. - BeingCourtious, i.e. opeing the door for someone, saying "please" and "thank you."