What does sexual harassment look like?
Sex Discrimination
Archived
You are in an archived section of the website. This information may not be current.
This page was first created in August, 2022
Workplace sexual harassment includes a wide range of different behaviours. Some examples of sexually harassing behaviours include:
- inappropriate physical contact
- intrusive questions about a person鈥檚 private life or physical appearance
- sharing or threatening to share intimate images or video without consent
- images or videos that are sexually suggestive or that constitute a sexual advance
- unwelcome touching, hugging, cornering or kissing
- repeated or inappropriate invitations to go out on dates
- sexually suggestive comments or jokes that offend or intimidate
- requests or pressure for sex or other sexual acts
- sexually explicit gifts, images, videos, cartoons, drawings, photographs, or jokes.
- actual or attempted rape or sexual assault
- being followed or watched inappropriately, or someone loitering inappropriately, either in person or via technology
- sexually explicit comments made in person or in writing, or indecent messages (SMS, social media), phone calls or emails鈥攊ncluding the use of emojis with sexual connotations
- sexual gestures, indecent exposure or inappropriate display of the body
- technology-facilitated unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature鈥攊ncluding on virtual meetings
- inappropriate staring or leering
- repeated or inappropriate advances on email or other online social technologies.
