The following behaviors could be considered sexual harassment if unwelcome :

• Direct or indirect threats or bribes for unwanted sexual activity.
• Sexual innuendoes and comments.
• Intrusive sexually explicit questions.
• Sexually suggestive sounds or gestures such as sucking noises, winks, or pelvic thrusts.
• Repeatedly asking a person out for dates or to have sex.
• Rating a person's sexuality.
• Ogling or leering, staring at a woman's breast or man's derriere.
• Spreading rumors about a person's sexuality.
• Graffiti about a person's sexuality.
• Name-calling, such as "bitch", "whore" or "slut".
• Frequent jokes about sex for males/females.
• Letters, notes, telephone calls, or material of a sexual nature.
• Pervasive displays of pictures, calendars, cartoons or other materials with sexually explicit or graphic content.
• Stalking a person.
• Attempted or actual sexual assault.
• Pressure for sexual activities accompanied by implied promises of special treatment or threats concerning an individual's employment status or academic status.
• Any unwanted physical contact such as patting, pinching, grabbing, backrubs, neck rubs, blocking, cornering, pinning against the wall, touches, brushes, hugs, footsies, kneesies, wolf whistles.

What To Do/Who To Contact:

• Tell the offender the behavior is unwelcome and must stop.
• Document any further harassment.
• Discuss the situation with one of the members of the Equity & Affirmative Action Council at this link.
• Consult the UW Oshkosh Policy on sexual harassment at this link.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact the Office of Equity & Affirmative Action at (920) 424-0330 or (920) 424-2296