sexual harassment
Unwelcome sexual advances
Sexual harassment is unwanted sexual attention, advances, or conduct that creates a hostile or uncomfortable environment.
It ranges from inappropriate comments and persistent requests for dates to groping and coerced sexual acts.
The term gained legal and cultural prominence in the 1970s as workplace behavior once dismissed as flirtation became recognized as discrimination: She filed a sexual harassment complaint with HR.
Most commonly discussed in employment and educational contexts.
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