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sexual harassment
[ sek-shoo-uhl huh-ras-muhnt, har-uhs-muhnt ]
noun
- unwelcome sexual advances, either verbal or physical, especially by someone with power or authority:
Employees complained about a corporate culture that turned a blind eye to discrimination, microaggressions, and sexual harassment.
sexual harassment
noun
- the persistent unwelcome directing of sexual remarks and looks, and unnecessary physical contact at a person, usually a woman, esp in the workplace
Word History and Origins
Origin of sexual harassment1
Example Sentences
In December, Lively filed suit against Baldoni and his team — alleging, among other complaints, sexual harassment and a campaign to destroy her reputation — seeking punitive damages at “an amount to be determined at trial.”
Kirk Burrowes, who co-founded Bad Boy Entertainment, also sued, accusing Mr Combs of creating a toxic and psychologically manipulative work environment filled with serial sexual harassment, physical aggression, and "forced compliance with degrading sexual acts".
In the months following The Times’ investigation, nearly 400 women contacted the news organization with accusations of sexual harassment by him.
Campaign group Surviving in Scrubs, founded by two doctors who aim to highlight sexism, sexual harassment and sexual violence in the healthcare workforce, told the BBC it was "appalled" by the ruling.
Alongside sex ratio discrimination, Indian sportswomen face multiple other challenges,, external including under-funded sport and sexual harassment and assault.
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