Definition of Sexual Harassment

The bullying It is a behavior that one person can develop against another and that is characterized by repeated harassment and persecution and that it has the mission, the objective, of getting the other person to agree to do what is required of them insistently.

Always, in any of its forms, harassment will generate discomfort in the other person.

Frequent situation that occurs in areas such as school, work, family

However, bullying is a fairly common situation and can occur in various areas and levels: on the school, at work, at the family, among others.

Sexual harassment: the perpetrator puts pressure on his victim to agree to intimate relationships

One of the most common forms is sexual harassment, in which the harasser presses and intimidates her victim in some way to force her to have sex. But not only does sexual harassment aim to have sex with the harassed person, it is also common for the harasser to pleasure insinuate himself, make obscene comments and grope his victim without going to an instance of carnal contact. Anyway, almost always the

purpose it is to be able to become intimate with the harassed person.

It occurs frequently in the work context. An authority harasses an employee

Generally, this type of harassment occurs in the field labor and the harasser is usually that individual who has a hierarchical and superior role with respect to the harassed / a. There are many sick people who have power and use their authority to subdue others, on the sexual plane, for example.

One of the most recurrent scenarios is the one in which the boss harasses her / her employee, pressuring her to agree to have sex because otherwise he will fire her.

Many victims of sexual harassment accept this situation and do not report it because they fear losing their jobs and also because they fear not be taken seriously, since most of the time they do not have evidence to prove bullying and then it would be to face a saying against other.

Although the victims of sexual harassment are mostly women, men also suffer it and there have been many reported cases that proved it.

In most laws, harassment of this type is punishable by the law and depending on the seriousness of the case, the abuser can be tried and sentenced to prison.

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