nd Employment Law) On or about 10th September 2018, as a member of the academic staff of a Caribbean University by your collective verbal statements, you caused personal discomfort of a sexual nature to a student, after offering her a lift/ride to a restaurant down town to buy something to eat, then asking: “do you have your visa” and “do you have a boyfriend” and by stating that she is a “very beautiful girl” and you did not want anyone to “spoil her” and that y
Question
What different forms can sexual harassment take?
Scenario
You are presented with the following scenario on Sexual Harassment (Contemporary issues in
Labour and Employment Law)
On or about 10th September 2018, as a member of the academic staff of a Caribbean University by
your collective verbal statements, you caused personal discomfort of a sexual nature to a student,
after offering her a lift/ride to a restaurant down town to buy something to eat, then asking: “do
you have your visa” and “do you have a boyfriend” and by stating that she is a “very beautiful girl”
and you did not want anyone to “spoil her” and that you wanted to take her for lunch sometime and
that she was “very beautiful”.
On or about 10 September 2018, whilst offering the young lady the lift /ride as described above,
you misconducted yourself as a member of the academic staff of the University by touching her
without her consent in a sexual manner by caressing her right knee with your left hand, causing her
to push away your hand.
A few weeks later, the lecturer sent pictures of himself to the named student without her consent
and sent videos and pictures of himself from his personal cell phone without her permission;
Having regard to the facts and circumstances as alleged above, as a member of the academic staff, you breached the University’s policy against sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment is a form of gender discrimination toward women. Feminist sociologists say that sexual harassment takes place in a patriarchal society where women have lesser power and resources. Sexual harassment takes place in public spaces, workplaces, homes, educational institutions, public transport, etc. Sexual harassment can take many forms and now let us see them.
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