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The most effective responses to sexual harassment are informal, assertive ones such as confronting harassers and telling them to stop. |
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True |
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False |
| 2. |
A sizable number of employees, particularly men, are concerned about how they will be perceived by others in the workplace, in view of today’s emphasis on sexual harassment. |
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True |
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False |
| 3. |
The behaviors below are part of the everyday life and should not be taken as sexual harassment at work.
- Uninvited letters, telephone calls, or materials of a sexual nature
- Uninvited and deliberate touching, leaning over, cornering, or pinching
- Uninvited sexually suggestive looks or gestures
- Uninvited pressure for sexual favors
- Uninvited pressure for dates
- Uninvited sexual teasing, jokes, remarks or questions
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True |
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False |
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There is no doubt that people today are interpreting what happens in the workplace differently from the way they did in the 1980.s. The offensive comment or off color story that might have been tolerated in the 1980 workplace may in the 1995 environment be reinterpreted as suggestive speech, and be categorized and reported as an incidence of sexual harassment. Boorish and discomfiting behavior that in the past might have been accepted as the price of keeping a job is no longer considered by most employees an unavoidable part of earning a living. |
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True |
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False |
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It is not, after all, a hardship to simply refrain from giving a compliment if one is not sure how it will be received. |
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True |
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False |
| 6. |
The following is one of the survey respondent’s comment regarding sexual harassment at work.
- People who introduce two men and a woman to a group need to realize it is not OK to ask the woman to turn around so everyone can get a good look at you and not treat the men the same way.
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True |
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False |
| 7. |
Table 4 shows: |
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Forms of sexual harassments |
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How much harassment is occurring? |
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Which government agency has the highest reported sexual harassment? |
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For employees who experience it, sexual harassment takes its toll in the form of mental and emotional stress and even loss of income, if victims leave their jobs or take leave without pay as a result of their experiences. For the Government as an employer, the dollar costs attributable to lost productivity and sick leave are very high. |
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True |
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False |
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The most effective way in stopping harassing behaviors:
- Asking or telling the person(s) to stop;
- Reporting the behavior to the supervisor or other official(s); and
- Filing a formal complaint.
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True |
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False |
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The following is one of the surveyors responds.
- When I first started working for the Government, my immediate supervisor asked me out for a date every day for six months. (I said no every day.) I was a nervous wreck because I couldn’t understand why he persisted. Finally I told him very bluntly that I was not interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with him, and he stopped. The point is that I think he had no idea how much stress this caused me.
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True |
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False |
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The following is one of the surveyors responds.
- I told the offender just what I thought of his behavior and that I didn’t appreciate it, instead of just asking him to stop. Why should I let him get the upper hand?.
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True |
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False |
| 12. |
Reluctance of supervisors and managers to confront harassers parallels the lack of assertiveness that prevents victims from confronting their harassers. |
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True |
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False |
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