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FAQ's
Sexual Harassment is any unwelcome act or behaviour (whether express or implied), such as:-
- Physical contact or advance
- A demand or request for sexual favours
- Making sexually coloured remarks
- Showing pornography
- Any other physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature.
Sexual harassment at workplace can take various forms. It can involve conduct such as:
- unwelcome touching, hugging or kissing
- staring or leering
- suggestive comments or jokes
- unwanted or persistent requests to go out
- intrusive questions about another person’s private life or body
- Deliberately brushing up against someone
- insults or taunts of a sexual nature
- sexually explicit pictures, posters, screen savers, emails, twitters, SMS or instant messages
- accessing sexually explicit internet sites
- inappropriate advances on social networking sites
- behaviour which would also be an offence under the criminal law, such as physical assault indecent exposure sexual assault, stalking or obscene communications.
Sexual harassment of workplace is of two kinds:
- Quid pro quo
- Hostile work environment
Quid pro quo is a Latin term which literally means ‘this for that’.
Quid pro quo sexual harassment means subjecting a woman to unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature on account of the following:
- To force the woman to agree with such conduct by promising/threatening her (explicitly or implicitly) preferential/detrimental treatment in her job. For example: if you agree to accompany me on a study tour, I will give you a promotion or in case you refuse, I will transfer you to another place.
- Submission to or rejection of such conduct by the woman is used as the basis for deciding the future course of her job. For example: if you refuse to obey my demand, I will not renew your contract.