Listen Up: Recognize Sexual Misconduct [1]
Sexual misconduct includes a range of behaviors:
- Engaging in a sexual act with another person without consent or by using force.
- Threatening or coercing a person to engage in sexual activity including placing them in fear of injury or bodily harm.
- Impairing their ability by giving them alcohol or other drugs without their knowledge or against their will.
- Engaging in sexual activity with a person who is incapable of understanding or is unaware of the sexual act for any reason (including alcohol use); when a person is physically incapable of resisting or communicating either consent or unwillingness to participate; or if a person is under 16 years old.
Sexual harassment is conduct that consists of repeated unwelcome sexual advances, including:
- sexual flirtations, advances or propositions;
- verbal abuse or innuendo of a sexual nature;
- uninvited physical contact such as touching, hugging, patting, brushing or pinching;
- verbal comments of a sexual nature about an individual’s body or sexual terms used to describe an individual;
- display of sexually suggestive pictures, posters or cartoons;
- jokes, language, epithets or remarks of a sexual nature;
- prolonged staring or leering;
- making obscene gestures or suggestive or insulting sounds;
- demand for sexual favors accompanied by an implied or overt threat concerning an individual’s employment or academic status
- indecent exposure.