Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: It is Time to Take a Stance Written By: Carly Haldeman University of Phoenix Axia Campus October 19, 2008 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: It is Time to Take a Stance How many people todaytake the words “sexual harassment” seriously? There are laws that have been put in place to help try to put a stop to this type of discrimination in the workplace, in schools, and any other type of situations where sexual harassment may occur. The workplace is the main area where problems arise. While organizations act as though laws are enough to stop this harassment in the workplace, laws alone are not preventing it from happening. As we have already established, sexual harassment comes in different forms but this unequal treatment also happens in different placesand it affects all ages, from youth all the way up through adulthood. There is now another form of sexual harassment that is on the rise known as e-harassment. Internet and e-mail are used in many workplaces today. Now harassers can even commit harassment through e-mail to someone at a business across town or even across the country. Before this form of technology was available, evidence such as inappropriate calendars, vulgar jokes, and other sexual banter were used as evidence in sexual harassment cases, but today offending e-mails and pornographic internet images are showing up in courtrooms as evidence (Townes & Johnson, 2003). {draw:frame} Teenagersare also becoming a target in the workplace. Sure adult workers have been well educated on the terms of sexual harassment,and what is not appropriate behavior in a working environment, but our youth is not so lucky. According to Chanen (2008), teenagers do not know right from wrong, or what acceptable workplace behavior is. The main problem is that teenagersare usually hired as part-time, temporary, or seasonal workers. Because of this, employers tend to “forget” to educate them on the company’s policies. When...