For the purpose of this policy, sexual
harassment is defined as sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and
other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature toward any student,
faculty member, administrator, staff member or employee when:
(1) Submission to such conduct is made
explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's academic
evaluation or employment,
(2) Submission to or rejection of such
conduct by any individual is used as the basis for academic decisions or
employment affecting such individual, or
(3) Such conduct has the purpose or
effect of unreasonably inter-fering with an individual's academic
performance or employment by creating an intimidating, hostile or
offen-sive academic or work environment.
Sexual harassment manifests itself in
several forms. This behavior may include but is not limited to the
following:
(1) Conduct or comments directed at an
individual, based on the individual's gender, that are abusive in
nature;
(2) Sexual innuendos in the guise of
humor to coerce sexual favors;
(3) Sexual teasing, jokes, remarks or
questions;
(4) Sexual remarks about a person's body,
clothing or behavior;
(5) Patting, pinching, or other unwanted
touching of another's body;
(6) Staring in a sexually suggestive
manner;
(7) Uninvited letters and telephone
calls;
(8) Uninvited pressure for dates;
(9) Inappropriate and offensive sexual
advances;
(10) Solicitation of sexual favors or
other sexually related behavior by promise of rewards;
(11) Coercion of sexual activity by
threat of punishment; or
(12) Sexual crimes, including rape,
acquaintance rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.
