Gender-based harassment includes offensive or degrading behavior towards a person based on gender, which can be physical, verbal or non-verbal. Sexual harassment is a common form, but nonsexual harassment, pranks, and non-verbal snubs can also occur. The harasser’s behavior can make the environment intimidating or offensive to the victim.
Gender-based harassment is referred to as gender-based harassment. Often this term is used in cases where a woman is harassed simply because she is a woman, but men can experience this type of harassment as well. Essentially, it includes behavior that is offensive or degrading to a person based on gender. It can also include hostile or threatening behavior. A person does not need to be touched in a degrading or hostile way to be a victim of gender-based harassment; it can take physical, verbal or non-verbal form.
Often, gender-based harassment takes the form of sexual harassment. When this occurs, a person may receive unwanted sexual advances of a physical nature. For example, a woman may be touched inappropriately in the workplace. Sometimes, however, sexual harassment isn’t physical; instead, the abuser may make unwanted sexual comments at the victim or within earshot. In many cases, this type of harassment begins subtly and the victim wonders if they are simply overly sensitive; over time, the abuser may get bolder.
Most people are aware of sexual harassment but are less familiar with other types of gender-based harassment. With nonsexual harassment, the harasser may make comments that indicate his hostility or low opinion of people of the opposite sex. For example, he may make hostile comments that are demeaning or hostile towards women, but claim they are jokes. In other cases, he can make it clear that he takes the comments seriously. Often the harasser’s comments or behavior makes the environment, often a workplace, intimidating or offensive to the victim.
In some cases, gender-based harassment occurs in the form of pranks. For example, an abuser may play a demeaning or intimidating prank on a co-worker or employee. In many cases, he can claim that these pranks are just for fun. However, if they humiliate, intimidate, or offend people of the opposite sex, it can be considered harassment.
Sometimes gender-based harassment can take the form of non-verbal snubs directed at a particular gender. For example, it may include circulating written documents that contain offensive material or hostile material that is posted on a bulletin board. In some cases, demeaning, hostile or threatening material may also be disseminated by email. Graphical depictions that are demeaning or offensive to a particular gender may also be considered gender-based harassment.
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