The Social Problem Of Sexual Harassment

In our society, of the United States Of America, sexuality is commonly discussed and advertised in multiple forms. When sexuality emerges in our culture, so does violence. Therefore, because of the two activities, sexual harassment emerges. In this essay, I will be writing about why sexual harassment emerges, and the results of the crime. To begin, the act of sexual violence can consist of either abuse through words and sexual intercourse being forced upon the victim. Both men and women are victims of this crime.


Some forms of analysis state that in the culture of the United States Of America, Violence and Sexuality are interlaced. Sexual violence branches off into sexual harassment. Sexual harassment consists of inappropriate remarks, hand signals and molesting of a sexual personality. During the women's movement of the 1960's, the events of sexual harassment in various environments were put to a halt. The Civil Rights Act was accepted in 1964, which prevented employment discrimination from occurring among not only African Americans but Women as well.


By 1972, the Civil Rights Act expanded to other environments such as schools, colleges and universities. In the year of 1976, a case in court increased awareness of sexual harassment in public. Therefore, it was categorized as a severe problem. According to the EEOC, there are two different categories of sexual harassment. The first category is known as quid pro quo harassment. Quid Pro Quo translates from latin to "one thing for another".


This type of harassment involves sexual approaches and sexual desires to be applied to another employee or as an aspect of employment. The other type of sexual harassment is more mild behavior. This type of behavior consists of inappropriate jokes, showcasing photographs which contain nudity, giving complimentary comments towards an individual's physical appearance and touching an individual in inappropriate ways. However, the law is most concerned on how it affects the individual, and is not limited to the offender. Therefore, the goal of the law is to prevent any acts that are of hostile behavior, and shows no bias towards the offender's motivations. To move on, I will explain what gender sexually harasses another gender.

Eighty-five percent of men sexually harass women, due to men holding a majority of power in the United States of America, and therefore have multiple roles in our society. On some occasions, men become victims of sexual harassment by other men, with the offender's motivation to force the male victim to blend into gender stereotypes. The United States Supreme Court addressed issue of sexual harassment two different times in the year of 1998. Both cases consists of women being sexually harassed in both mild and severe areas within work environments.

In conclusion, there are many points of view to sexual harassment, ones that are corrupt and other points of view that are morally correct. Either way, no matter where sexual harassment originates, it is not an acceptable act whatsoever.