MALE EMPLOYEES WHO DREAD GOING TO WORK DUE TO REPEATED OFFENSIVE SEXUAL COMMENTS OR INNUENDOS FROM OTHER MALES HAVE LEGAL RECOURSE. CONTACT SF EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS TO GET HELP.
Sexual harassment by males towards other males is not as uncommon as one might imagine. In addition, it is illegal under California and federal law. If you continually face sexual innuendo, inappropriate touching, comments about your body, and/or crude sexual jokes, you are not alone. In fact, what you are experiencing may be what is known as the “Hostile Workplace.” The hostile workplace is a specific type of sexual harassment. This type of harassment occurs when an employer, supervisor, or co-worker does or says something that makes you feel uncomfortable because of your sex. This type of harassment does not need to include an exchange of sex for a job benefit.
The conduct that makes you feel uncomfortable must be offensive. This means that if two employees enjoy exchanging sexual jokes, it would not be harassment. However, if one employee keeps telling sexual jokes to another employee who was offended, this may be a hostile workplace. In addition, pictures, touching, leering, and unwanted request for dates have all been found to be sexual harassment by the courts. Also, either a man or a woman can be either the victim or the harasser. Thus, men can be harassed by other men or women.
In order to constitute a hostile workplace, the harassment must be either severe or pervasive. This means that a one-time crude comment would not create a hostile workplace. However, repeated crude comments may create a hostile workplace. If you have been a victim of sexual harassment, get help today. Contact the skilled lawyers at Greenberg & Rudman LLP. You can reach us at 1-800-ALAWPRO or 1-800-252-9776 for a free consultation. You can also visit us at www.discriminationattorney.com to learn more. We are here for you.
