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Sexual Harassment Includes Many Things

• Actual or attempted rape or sexual assault
• Unwanted pressure for sexual favors
• Unwanted deliberate touching, leaning over, cornering, or pinching
• Unwanted sexual looks or gestures
• Unwanted letters, telephone calls, or materials of a sexual nature
• Unwanted pressure for dates
• Unwanted sexual teasing, jokes, remarks, or questions
• Referring to an adult as a girl, hunk, doll, babe, or honey
• Whistling at someone
• Cat calls
• Sexual comments
• Turning work discussions to sexual topics
• Sexual innuendoes or stories
• Asking about sexual fantasies, preferences, or history
• Personal questions about social or sexual life
• Sexual comments about a person’s clothing, anatomy, or looks
• Kissing sounds, howling, and smacking lips
• Telling lies or spreading rumors about a person’s personal sex life
• Neck massage
• Touching an employee’s clothing, hair, or body
• Giving personal gifts
• Hanging around a person
• Hugging, kissing, patting, or stroking
• Touching or rubbing oneself sexually around another person
• Standing close or brushing up against a person
• Looking a person up and down (elevator eyes)
• Staring at someone
• Sexually suggestive visuals
• Facial expressions, winking, throwing kisses, or licking lips
• Making sexual gestures with hands or through body movements