Sexual harassment in a workplace, can a simple body contact considered as such ?
Monday, June 7th, 2010 at
7:50 am
Tagged with: harassment • sexual • workplace
Filed under: Workplace Harassment Laws
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even unadorned body contact isn’t needed
Well, intercourse can be defined as “unadorned body contact”
I reckon you’ll need to provide more details to get a realistic resolution.
It depends on the intent of the bodily contact. Was this self sad a name in a sexual way or was it a pat on the back for a job well done….
Intent.
Any unwelcome contact, whether intentional or not can be determined sexual stalking.
Depends, really. I mean, if he legitimately didn’t mean to touch you then I wouldn’t consider it sexual stalking. And if it was in a non-sexual area and he was only kidding then I still wouldn’t consider it sexual stalking.
I mean, unless you’re just hatefully spiteful of the guy then reporting him for stuff like that is unnecessary, and would probably just make the situation of poorer quality than it has to be.
But if he touched you and meant it in a sexually harassing way (meaning he wasn’t kidding or it was intentional in a sexual region [meaning he didn't accidentally lift his hand and touch your chest]) then yeah, I’d consider even unadorned body contact like that sexual stalking.
But again, this is a huge claim to be making, and you want to be completely sure you either despise him enough or he’s guilty before you make such a claim. This is a career/life ruining kind of deal, and he could get registered as a sex offender over claims like this.
So I’d make sure you were fully conscious of the situation and the account of both parties before making such a claim.