Sexual Harassment
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More than half of working women have faced the problem of at some point in their careers. The situation tends to be worse in male dominated workplaces; in a l997 Defense Department study, four percent of military women have reported enduring such abuse. Although the severity may vary from patter ....
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.... sexual favors from an employee, typically a female, in return for an employment advantage, such as getting hired, getting promoted, obtaining better working conditions, or not getting fired. Condition of work harassment, also known as environment or workplace harassment, is less direct, and arises when an employee is subjected to requests for sexual favors, sexual comments or sexual insults, but no negative employment consequences follow from the employee's refusal to accede to the demands mad ....
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