ng behavior. However, one of the problems with creating a more specific legal definition of sexual harassment is that no single definition can encompass all of the different forms of behavior that sexual harassment may take because the forms of harassment are as varied and perverse as the minds of the harassers.
Harassing conduct can range from sexually offensive innuendo and comments through physical advances to actual rape. The harassers actions are usually motivated by one or more of three main emotional responses: 1) a yearning for power, 2) a fear of the harassed person, or 3) a hatred of the harassed person.13 Many cases of on-the-job sexual harassment are never litigated because the harassed person feels too degraded, is uncertain of the legal rights and remedies available to victims of sexual harassment, or is too fearful of retaliation (such as termination of employment or the denial of opportunities to advance) to report any harassment incidents. Nevertheless, in recent years, thousands of harassment claims actually have
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