With all the modern electronic devices available to the public, people who harass women do not have to be in the same room with their intended victims. As Forbes points out, sexual harassers can use electronic means like a phone text or an email to send malicious or...
People commonly associate sexual harassment happening to women who are in lower positions in the workplace. It might seem that women who ascend to higher places within a business or a large corporation could better escape this kind of harassment. Unfortunately, a...
Being the victim of sexual assault or other sex crimes can be terrifying. Victims may feel shame or even as if the incident was their fault. However, nothing could be further from the truth. To understand the crime of sexual assault, it is important to note the...
Sexual harassment allegations can fall into a variety of different behaviors. While any level of sexual harassment will likely be a legal violation that may warrant a complaint, there are some that escalate into physical assaults. A recent case in which a Colorado...
Everyone should be able to go to work without feeling subjected to discrimination and harassment. Yet, on a daily basis, innocent individuals are made victims to these illegal practices, which can have very real ramifications on their lives. Of course these acts can...
Working at home does not provide immunity from workplace problems. Online sexual harassment can occur at the office and at home. But there are ways to help fight it. According to a 2017 Pew Research Center study, over 40 percent of Americans were subject to all kinds...
College campuses do not have invisible barriers against sexual assault and perpetrators need to be punished. But the federal government has struggled to set rules governing how colleges and universities investigate and sanction alleged perpetrators and set forth...
Despite the rise of the #MeToo movement and greater scrutiny on how women are treated in the workplace, sexual harassment continues to occur at an alarming rate. Some coworkers are simply ignorant as to what actually constitutes harassment, while others simply don’t...
It is an unfortunate reality but harassment in the workplace is a common occurrence. Colorado residents are harassed on the basis of their religion, skin color, age, and race. Behaviors include making racist jokes, negative comments about someone’s religion or making...
Unwanted sexual comments and actions can make places that should be safe into hazardous environments for victims. Victims of sexual harassment have protections under Colorado state and federal law but enforcing one’s rights can mean having to take strong action to...
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