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harassment
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Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person. In the legal sense, these are behaviors that are disturbing, upsetting, or threatening to a person. Some harassment evolves from discriminatory grounds, and has the effect of nullifying a person's rights or impairing a person from utilising their rights.
Research
7,752 papers- Addressing Sexual Harassment in the #MeToo Era: An Institutional Approach.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2020
- Sexual Harassment at Work: Scoping Review of Reviews.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024
- Sexual Harassment in Radiology: Prevalence and Opportunities for Improvement.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2020
- Sexual Harassment in Academia: Ethical Climates and Bounded Ethicality.Annual review of psychology · 2019
- Sexual harassment: Have we made any progress?Journal of occupational health psychology · 2017
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
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- Disability
- Racial
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- Laws
- United States
- New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination ("LAD")
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Australia
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Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person. In the legal sense, these are behaviors that are disturbing, upsetting, or threatening to a person. Some harassment evolves from discriminatory grounds, and has the effect of nullifying a person's rights or impairing a person from utilising their rights.
When harassing behaviors become repetitive, it is defined as bullying. The continuity or repetitiveness and the aspect of distressing, alarming or threatening may distinguish it from insult. It also constitutes a tactic of coercive control, which may be deployed by an abuser. Harassment is a specific form of discrimination, and occurs when a person is the victim of unwanted intimidating, offensive, or humiliating behavior.
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