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===Sexual harassment in the workplace=== | ===Sexual harassment in the workplace=== | ||
There are three key elements of sexual harassment in the workplace: | There are three key elements of sexual harassment in the workplace: | ||
#conduct of a sexual or gender-based nature, | #conduct of a '''sexual or gender-based nature''', | ||
#conduct that is unwelcome, and | #conduct that is '''unwelcome''', and | ||
#conduct that detrimentally affects the work environment or leads to negative job-related consequences. | #conduct that '''detrimentally affects''' the work environment or leads to negative job-related consequences. | ||
"Gender-based" refers to comments or behaviour that relate specifically to gender. The offensive behaviour may reference gender (for example, use of gender-based insults or slurs) or the behaviour may occur because of gender (for example, an offensive joke does not refer to sex, but the joke is played to embarrass the person because she is a woman). | "Gender-based" refers to comments or behaviour that relate specifically to gender. The offensive behaviour may reference gender (for example, use of gender-based insults or slurs) or the behaviour may occur because of gender (for example, an offensive joke does not refer to sex, but the joke is played to embarrass the person because she is a woman). | ||
