Sexual harassment is any unwanted attention that is sexual in nature, relates to romantic relationships, someone’s body, or their sexual or gender identity. Sexual harassment can be verbal, non-verbal, written, digital, and physical.
Examples:
– Sue asks John out 3 times in one week, even though he said no each time.
– Drew told Paul that wearing pink means he’s gay.
– Sophie makes a sexual hand gesture at the lunch table.
– Fredrick loudly calls his friend a homophobic slur in the hallway. His friend Jordan laughs, but as Bobby walks by, he hears this and feels upset and unsafe.
– Abigail touches Debora’s hair.
– Jennifer texts Gabriella a sexual photo of herself.
– John writes on the bathroom wall, “Greg loves Alex.” Alex and Greg did not want this kind of attention on their relationship.