Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment is unwanted and repeated sexual, abusive, or lewd language and/or suggestive jokes of a sexual nature.
Harassment can include physical contact but not injury. If you feel that you may have been sexually assaulted or raped click here.
If you have been sexually harassed you may want to call one of the two sources on campus for confidential counseling:
- The Counseling Center. Silliman Hall. The Counseling Center offers confidential professional counseling services to Union College students. 518-388-6161
- Religious programs. Silliman Hall. The Reverend Victoria Brooks-McDonald, the Campus Protestant Minister and Interfaith Chaplain can provide students confidential counseling regardless of religious background. 518-388-6618
What is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment is the creation of a hostile or intimidating environment in which verbal or physical conduct, because of its severity and/or persistence, is likely to interfere with an individual's work or education or affect adversely an individual's living conditions.
Sexual harassment involves:
- demands for sexual favors in exchange for other considerations.
- unwanted and constant physical or verbal pursuit with a sexual theme.
- leering, suggestive, or insulting sounds and gestures.
- unwanted touching, brushing, patting, pinching, or attention to one's body.
- threats of, or deliberate, sexual assault or molestation.
What to do if you are sexually harassed
Read examples of sexual harassment