- Targeted and presumptively unwelcome remarks or acts (grabbing someone's bottom)--courts get this
- Not targeted, but sexual in nature (picture of naked woman on boss's desk)
- Quid pro quo demands
- Courts mostly get this
- Some unsuccessful attempts are not suits per se (no harm), but may be a building block for a kind of collateral claim for hostile work environment
- Remarks or statements or acts that are targeted but are not unlawful unless person indicates they are unwelcome (asking someone out after being told not to do it)
- Not a building block unless the victim declares it unwelcome
- But sometimes asking again and again might qualify and one may not have to declare it unwelcome
- Statements that are mysoginistic (anti-woman, not sexual in nature specifically--perhaps dumb blonde jokes)
- Conduct or statements that are general neutral on their face, but are targeted at plaintiff
Class notes and materials by a law student for law students.
Six Categories of Sexual Harassment
Six Categories of Sexual Harassment: