Word: unwantedness
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Killing reached its apotheosis in Nazi Germany, and so did the language used to avoid saying so. Prisoners sent to concentration camps in the east carried identity papers marked "Ruckkehr unerwunscht," meaning "return unwanted," meaning death. Whole carloads of such prisoners were assigned to "Sonderbehandlung," meaning "special treatment," also meaning...
While the sexual harassment that goes on is hard to pin down, there certainly is a problem. One out of five students at Harvard should expect some form of serious harassment--unwanted touching, pressure for dates or sexual activity--before they graduate, according to a recent survey. And the problem...
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Much of the misunderstanding has centered around the "definition" of sexual harassment used in the survey. Deans Rosovsky and Lewis, in an apparent attempt to minimize "press sensationalism" have implied that the definition used in the survey was overly broad because it included verbal harassment and behaviours such as "unwanted...
However, the leagal definition of harassment includes not only directly corcing sexual relations, but also "the creation of a hostile of offensive work or academic environment." Clearly verbal comments, and looks and gestures can create a hostile or offensive environment, depending on repeatedness or context. This is why we included...