Sexual
Harassment In
The
Food Service
Industry
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Definitions
of
Sexual
Harassment
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Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
Unwelcomed
sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other
verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute
sexual harassment when (1) submission to such conduct is
made either implicitly or implicitly a term or condition of
an individual's employment; (2) submission to, or rejection
of, such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such
conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially
interfering with an individual's work performance or
creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working
environment.
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Office
for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of
Education
Sexual harassment
consists of verbal or physical conduct of sexual nature,
imposed on the basis of sex, by an employee or agent of a
recipient of federal funds that denies, limits, provides
different, or conditions the provision of aid, benefits,
services, or treatment
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Empirical
Definitions of Sexual Harassment
Till (1980)
- Generalized
sexist remarks
- Inappropriate
and offensive, but essentially sanction-free sexual
advances
- Solicitation
of sexual activity or other sex-linked activity by promise of
reward
- Coercion
of sexual activity by the threat of punishment
- Sexual
crimes and misdemeanors
Fitzgerald et al.
(1988)
- Gender
harassment - generalized sexist statements and behavior that
conveys insulting, degrading, and/or sexist attitudes
- Seductive
behavior - unwanted, inappropriate, and offensive physical or
verbal sexual advances
- Sexual
bribery - solicitation of sexual activity or other sex-linked
behavior by promise of reward
- Sexual
coercion - coercion of sexual activity or other sex-linked
behavior by threat of punishment
- Sexual
imposition - assault and/or rape
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Sexual Harassment
Overview - opening page of this issue
The
Impact of Sexual Harassment
- discusses the effects of sexual harassment upon working
women
What
Motivates Harassers
- An overview of what causes men to harass as well as a woman's
perspective of this concept
The
History of Harassment
- Pinpointing the starting point for harassment against women within
the food service industry in France
A
Man's Kitchen
- Tells about the typical stereotypes that follow women into the food
industry
References
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