Sexual Harassment

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In this article, the writer discusses inappropriate professional conduct motivated by the male sexual impulse, manifesting itself in myriad forms. The writer notes that by the last decade of the century in the U.S., civil rights legislation reflected a much greater understanding for the need to equalize the working environment, and many leading businesses entities instituted employee sensitivity training programs emphasizing gender equality throughout the professional business environment. The writer maintains that undeniably, women in the workforce have enjoyed the benefits of the Civil Rights Movement, but in many ways, undercurrents of sexism are allowed to persist throughout society to an extent no longer tolerated in race relations. The writer concludes that, ultimately, women will have achieved the genuine parity and professional equality at work only when no violations significant enough to be news worthy occur in the first place.

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"Perhaps the most classic form of sexual harassment in the workplace has always been a function of the sexual tension inherent in relations between the genders in general. Since women entering the workforce in large numbers for the first time did so primarily at the entry level, they naturally encountered supervisors and administrators that were almost exclusively male. Before the recognition of the need for equality in the professional work place, this presented a dynamic that fostered a predictable predatory element in professional relations, particularly as between female subordinates and their male superiors. In the first era of female representation in the work force, the quid pro quo sexual advance was often made overtly, without the need for discretion or subtlety.
"While overt quid pro quo solicitation is now relatively rare, it is still a relatively common form of sexual harassment of females, albeit in more subtle forms."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Crouse, K. Browne Sanders Is an Inspiration After Winning A Lawsuit; The New York Times. Nov.4/07
• Finn, R. A Warrior in the Sexual Harassment Battle; The New York Times. Oct.26/07
• Finn, R. An Equal Opportunity Enemy of Bias; The New York Times. Oct.5/07
• Sandomir, R. Madison Square Garden Is Facing a Second Sexual Harassment Lawsuit; The New York Times. Oct.4/07
• Sandomir, R. Jury Finds Knicks and Coach Harassed a Former Executive; The New York Times. Oct.3/07

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