What does sexual harassment look like?

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’s 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—including 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—including on virtual meetings
• inappropriate staring or leering
• repeated or inappropriate advances on email or other online social technologies.