Sexual Harassment

 What is sexual harassement?

‘Sexual harassment’ is any form of unwelcome sexual behavior that’s offensive, humiliating or intimidating. Sexual harassment is against the law. This experience affects people in different ways. 



What does sexual harassement include?

Sexual harassment can include someone:

  1. touching, grabbing or making other physical contact with you without your consent
  2. making comments to you that have a sexual meaning
  3. asking you for sex or sexual favours
  4. leering and staring at you
  5. displaying rude and offensive material so that you or others can see it
  6. making sexual gestures or suggestive body movements towards you
  7. cracking sexual jokes and comments around or to you
  8. questioning you about your sex life
  9. insulting you with sexual comments
  10. behaviour on a phone call that makes you feel uncomfortable
  11. indecently exposing themselves to you
  12. sexually assaulting you

How sexual harassment can affect you?

If you're being sexually harassed, you might feel stressed, anxious or depressed. This can also lead to social disconnection and you will start losing your confidence and self-esteem. You may start having physical symptoms of stress, such as headaches, backaches or sleep problems. You will be less productive and unable to concentrate.

What is the difference between sexual harassment and sexual assault?

Sexual harassment is a much broader term than sexual assault, and refers to a wider variety of inappropriate sexual behaviors. Sexual harassment can include sexual contact - like unwanted touching, hugging, or kissing.

But as we have discussed above, sexual harassment doesn’t have to include sexual touching or contact. It can also include sexual comments, inappropriate jokes, or showing offensive material to you or others.


Sexual assault is when you are forced, coerced or tricked into doing some sort of sexual activity, including touching, kissing, sexual acts, or penetrative sex.

Some cases of sexual harassment can also constitute sexual assault. For example, if your boss or colleague forced you to kiss them, or touched you inappropriately without your consent, that could be a case of both sexual harassment and sexual assault.

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