The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case that might guide colleges in resolving conflict between campus policies on sexual harassment and free-speech rights. The case involved San Bernardino College (California) and a tenured professor whose explicit classroom discussions college officials felt constituted sexual harassment. An appeals…

Describes an educational program that enables women to explore, in a safe environment, male violence and its impact on their lives. Topics include battered women, rape, incest, pornography, nonphysical violence, and sexual harassment. The course helps women realize that violence is a societal, not individual, problem and empowers them to take…

Increasingly, college faculty members accused of sexual harassment say their rights have been breached and are suing their institutions. Some observers see the trend as a backlash to new expectations about appropriate faculty behavior. Others worry that administrative definitions of harassment are too broad, and faculty due process is violated.…

Examined how events considered "normal" or "acceptable" by some people at one time are now recalled and reconstructed as "harassment." Analysis is presented of the stories of 21 women who experienced events that earlier were not called sexual harassment. It compares the experiences of "preverbal" children and adults who recall events as assaultive…

Presents a Person X Situation (PXS) model of sexual harassment suggesting that sexually harassing behavior may be predicted from an analysis of social situational and personal factors. Research on sexual harassment proclivities in men is reviewed, and a profile of men who have a high a likelihood to sexually harass is discussed. Possible PXS…

Theorizes that workplace sexual harassment results from the complex interplay of ambivalent motives and gender stereotyping of women and jobs. It argues that ambivalence combines hostile and "benevolent" sexist motives based on paternalism, gender differentiation, and heterosexuality and that organizational context can encourage or discourage the…

The outcome of a student charge of faculty sexual harassment forced the University of Washington's administration and faculty to review institutional policies that protect the rights of one university group and offer little protection to another. The new procedures involve a more diverse juror panel and a third, neutral party. (Author/MSE)

A 1992 conference on the status of minorities in higher education is summarized. Issues addressed include speech codes on college campuses, sexual harassment and power, minority scholarships, equal access to higher education under the law, and the need to redress both current inequities and the cumulative effect of discrimination in education.…

Decries the prevalence of "racism,""sexual harassment," and "speciesism" labels applied to supposed violators of "political correctness" (PC). When freedom of speech on college campuses is held hostage to political correctness, K-12 education is bound to be affected. This new brand of McCarthyism cheapens…

A discussion of sexual harassment in women's studies classrooms looks at hostile treatment of female faculty by male students. It is proposed that certain disruptive classroom behaviors should be understood in the larger context of campus violence against women. Implications for teaching in general and women's studies in particular are examined.…

Develops a communication perspective on sexual harassment in asynchronous relationships. Presents a six-step process model to predict private harassing behavior among faculty members in higher education. Makes suggestions for prevention of sexual harassment. (SR)

A survey of 238 Ohio male vocational agriculture teachers (65 percent) revealed perceptions of sex bias, discrimination, and harassment against female agriculture teachers by other teachers, students, parents, community, and employers. Sex bias affected female teachers' assumption of leadership roles in professional organizations. Male teachers…

Provides a discussion of the definition of sexual harassment, the types of sexual harassment, the "reasonable woman standard," and employer liability for sexual harassment. Provides some suggestions for avoiding liability. (MLF)

When discrimination or harassment occurs, the school administration is responsible for investigating the problem and, if necessary, reporting it to appropriate authorities. Protected classes include gender, race, sexual orientation, color, age, national origin, religion, and disability. To prevent discrimination claims and ensuing negative…

Separate studies of sex offenders in treatment while serving prison sentences and placed on probation suggest that psychological force is more commonly used in sexual assault than physical force. Seven types of psychological force are described, and the conceptual validity of this schematic for use in treatment is evaluated. (Author/EMK)