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Examples of harassmentHarassment is any action that makes someone feel degraded, humiliated, orembarrassed. It includes, but is not limited to:• posters, cartoons, e-mail, telephone calls, conditions of employment that aredegrading, humiliating, or sexual, and requests;• unwelcome sexual remarks, invitations, or requests;• displays of sexually explicit, sexist, racist, or other offensive or derogatory material;• written or verbal abuse or threats;• practical jokes that embarrass or insult someone;• leering (suggestive staring) or other offensive gestures;• unwelcome physical contact, such as patting, touching, pinching, hitting;• patronizing or condescending behaviour;• humiliating an employee in front of co-workers;• abuse of authority that undermines someone’s performance or threatens her or hiscareer;• vandalism of personal property; and• physical or sexual assault.________________________________________________________________________What is Sexual Harassment?Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual contact and remarks, leering,inappropriate staring, unwelcome demands for dates, requests for sexual favours anddisplays of sexually offensive pictures or graffiti. Associates have a right to freedom fromsexual harassment in the workplace.Examples of Sexual HarassmentVerbal harassment:• Sexual comments, jokes, gestures, noises, propositions• Cat calls or whistling in a demeaning manner with sexual overtones.• Referring to an adult as "girl," "boy," "honey”, “sweetie”, or “babe”• Asking about sexual fantasies, preferences, or history• Making sexual comments about a person’s clothing, body, or looksNon-verbal harassment:• Sexual &/or derogatory comments about men/women on coffee mugs, hats,clothing, walls, computer screens, etc.• Making facial expressions, such as winking, throwing kisses, or licking lips• Making sexual gestures with hands & /or body movements• Letters, email, posters, gifts, &/or materials of a sexual nature• Invading a person’s body space, standing closer than appropriate or necessaryVisual• Magazines, calendars, posters, cartoons, drawings, or pictures of a sexual, racial,or ethnic nature• Computer graphics, e-mail, or messages of a sexual or racially charged nature.Screen savers• Display of sexual picturesPhysical Harassment:• Any physical unwanted touches• Deliberate sexual touching or brushing up against, or leaning over, or pinching• Touching or rubbing oneself sexually around or in the view of another person• Purposely brushing up against a person• Patting, goosing, caressing, or fondling• Tearing, pulling, yanking, a person’s clothing• Exposing herself/ himselfConfidential and Proprietary Information of Goodlife Fitness Clubs | V14 July 2009 9