Sexual Harrasment (Essay Sample)

SEXUAL HARASSMENT: QUESTION AND ANSWER
Student’s Name
Name of Institution
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment can be defined as an act of undesirable sexual advances either made verbally, non-verbally or through other gestural means such as whistling and potentially affect the conduct and performance or the other individual by creating a hostile working environment (Facts About Sexual Harassment, 2002.). In this paper, I will answer some alarming questions based on this subject and give a forward to each.
Question 1.
To begin with, it is vitally important that we know and understand the levels to which to many touches can translate to sexual harassment either from the instructor to the student or vice versa. Many learning institutions have clear guide lines in regards to this form of act much as different individuals display their emotions differently. In our case, we could argue that as such, there was no indication of a sexual assault from the instructor to the student; and if any, it was quite mild. Essentially, the instructor in question seems to portray her behavior to all students and not just a select few which may infer victimization of any form. On the other hand, we can allude that because the student registered poor grades, the sexual innuendos affected his or her performance. By and large, it is occasionally a case of the student’s perception of the instructors behavior verses that the intent of the latter. The ‘perpetrator’ could have therefore dealt with every student differently on merit of displaying emotions such as comforting them or otherwise sharing special moments which could lead to touching someone’s shoulders, arms and so on. The victim on the other hand could have told the instructor that he was not comfortable with her behavior to prevent the matter from escalating.
Question 2
Sexual harassment is not only confined to the corridor of verbal overtones but also boarders persistent ‘antics’ by one person to another. The gentleman’s insistent act of asking the lady out seems unwelcome much as are the compliments which herein gives in as unwelcome dalliance and unwarranted staring at the lady; which does not seem to put her in an interruptive mood. This could therefore be termed as a moderate sexual harassment on the merit of tenacity from the gentleman. Be that as it may, the ‘perpetrator’ ought to have respected the decision of the lady and her space as well. The victim on the other hand could try to move seats and see what happens; she could report the case, if the gentleman persists.
Question 3
The relationship existent between the teacher and the student can be referred to as a consensual relationship chiefly because the both parties are in agreement to date each other. That being the case, sexual harassment for this particular scenario was somewhat severe. How so? Well, the teacher seemed to have taken advantage of the student’s performance promising to fix it perhaps to propel more sexual engagements between the two. Unfortunately, that never happened. A conflict of interest also seemed to have taken place because the teacher’s intention (getting sexual favors) collided with the student’s performance. The ‘perpetrator’ could avoid getting into the relationship at the moment owing to the ‘grade conditioning’ it puts him into much as the ‘victim’ could have sought other avenues such as seeking the help of other teachers to improve on her grades.
Question 4
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