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SAFE: Harassment
Harassment refers to a wide spectrum of offensive behaviors that make an individual feel uncomfortable, degraded, disturbed, or upset. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal discrimination and is a form of abuse (sexual and psychological) and bullying. Many scholars complain that sexual harassment in education remains a "forgotten secret," with educators and administrators refusing to admit the problem exists in their schools, or accept their legal and ethical responsibilities to deal with it (Dziech, 1990).
Types of harassment include, but are not limited to:
Harassment Myths
Both men and women can be victimized by harassment. Perpetrators of harassment can be men or women. The person experiencing the harassment does not have to be of the opposite sex.
The person doing the harassment can be a peer, another student, teacher, supervisor, supervisor in another area, co-worker, or a UP faculty/staff. The victim is anyone affected by the offensive behavior (not just the person harassed). The harasser's behavior must be unwelcome.
The person doing the harassment can be a peer, another student, teacher, supervisor, supervisor in another area, co-worker, or a UP faculty/staff. The victim is anyone affected by the offensive behavior (not just the person harassed). The harasser's behavior must be unwelcome.
The following behaviors can be considered sexual harassment (not an exhaustive list):
Pressure for dates
Touching, leaning over, cornering or pinching that is deliberate
Sexual looks or gestures that make you feel uncomfortable
Pressure for sexual favors
Unwelcome contact that is sexual in nature including calls, comments, letters or other materials
Displaying sexually suggestive pictures or objects
Offensive graffiti
Whistling or catcalling
Graphic or degrading comments about another's appearance, dress, anatomy
Sexual harassment is not: a relationship of mutual consent / a hug between friends / mutual flirtation
Touching, leaning over, cornering or pinching that is deliberate
Sexual looks or gestures that make you feel uncomfortable
Pressure for sexual favors
Unwelcome contact that is sexual in nature including calls, comments, letters or other materials
Displaying sexually suggestive pictures or objects
Offensive graffiti
Whistling or catcalling
Graphic or degrading comments about another's appearance, dress, anatomy
Sexual harassment is not: a relationship of mutual consent / a hug between friends / mutual flirtation
Types of harassment include, but are not limited to:
Psychological Harassment
This is humiliating or abusive behavior that lowers a person’s self-esteem or causes them torment. This can take the form of verbal comments, actions or gestures.
Community Based Harassment
Stalking by a group against an individual using repeated distractions that the individual is sensitized to, such as clicking an ink pen.
Racial Harassment
The targeting of an individual because of their race or ethnicity. The harassment may include words, deeds, and actions that are specifically designed to make the target feel degraded due to their race or ethnicity.
Religious Harassment
Verbal, psychological or physical harassments used against targets because they choose to practice a specific religion. Religious harassment can also include forced and involuntary conversions.
Sexual Harassment
This involves unwanted and unwelcome words, deeds, actions, gestures, symbols, or behaviors of a sexual nature that make the target feel uncomfortable. Gender and sexual orientation harassment fall into this family. Schools and places of employment are common places this occurs.
Stalking
The unauthorized following and surveillance of an individual. A person feels their privacy is being unacceptably intruded upon and fears for their safety. For more information on stalking, click here.
Hazing
To persecute, harass, or torture in a deliberate, calculated, planned manner. Typically the targeted individual is a subordinate, for example, a fraternity pledge, a first-year military cadet, or somebody who is considered 'inferior' or an 'outsider'. Hazing is illegal in many instances.
Police Harassment
Unfair treatment conducted by law officials including but not limited to excessive force, profiling, threats, coercion, and racial, ethnic, religious, gender/sexual, age, or other forms of discrimination.
Bullying
Harassment that can occur on the playground, school, in the workforce (may it be sexual harassment or verbal harassment) or any other place.
How can I protect myself and help someone else?
Before you go out:
- Make a plan before going out (set personal limits on drinks and sexual activity)
- Buddy system (never leave without your buddy)
- Be aware of the Danger Signs - Power and Control Wheel
- Acknowledging that you are at risk and knowing that most perpetrators of alcohol and other drug facilitated sexual assault are friends or acquaintances, allows you to make decisions to reduce your risk and that of your friends
- Share information about substance-related rape with friends and talk about ways to look out for each other when you are at parties and social events
- Be aware of your surroundings
- Do not leave beverages unattended
- Pour and open your own drinks or watch them being made by the bartender
- Carefully monitor your intake of alcohol and drugs
- Ask a friend to keep an eye on you and do the same for him or her. Anyone appearing disproportionately drunk in relation to the amount of alcohol they have consumed may be in danger
- Don't be afraid to say 'no'
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