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Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that negatively affects an individual’s employment, work performance, or work environment.
Introduction
Workplace sexual harassment in the United States is legally defined as a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that negatively affects an individual’s employment, work performance, or work environment (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2010). Although academics have often disagreed on the specific behaviors that constitute sexual harassment, research has shown that less severe forms of sexually harassing behaviors – such as remarks, jokes, looks, and gestures – are the most prevalent, whereas the most...
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Costa, H. (2018). Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3785-1
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