Word: verbalizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...newspaper's op-ed page carried an influential column labeled "Open Season on Clarence Thomas," in which Williams accused some Judiciary Committee staff members of desperately seeking "mud" to block the nominee. Not until five days later did Post readers learn that Williams was facing charges of verbal sexual harassment filed by female employees of the newspaper...
...crash course made clear, most women and men, especially most + Senators, had only the barest understanding of the power of the law. Under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines issued in 1980 and unanimously affirmed by the Supreme Court in 1986, sexual harassment includes not just physical but also verbal and "environmental" abuse. Under the law, there are two broadly recognized forms. The first involves a "quid pro quo" in which a worker is compelled to trade sex for professional survival. In 1986 an Ohio woman won a $3.1 million verdict against an employer who invited her to perform oral...
...demonstrates that rules for professional interaction must be redrawn. Women and men will learn to co-exist and work together peacefully only if people reconsider the distinction between sexual conversation and sexual aggression. Only through serious consideration of claims of harassment and a careful analysis of the kinds of verbal and non-verbal messages that are being sent can we make sure that the workplace is free of sexual intimidation. This is a question of the fundamental respect and consideration for those we work and associate with...
...pamphlet on date rape published by Swarthmore College says acquaintance rape "spans the spectrum of incidents and behavior ranging from crime legally defined as rape to verbal harassment and inappropriate innuendo." Isn't that going...
...authentic portrait of Columbus done from life exists, but there are verbal descriptions: tall, a long face, ruddy skin, reddish hair that turned white in middle age. Adopting Spain as his homeland in 1484, Columbus was never to use Italian in his writings. But he soon became bookworm enough to be seen as an amateur geographer as well as a mariner, and to accumulate a large library. Alas, only four of these volumes survive with his annotations...