While sexual harassment has been a pervasive problem for women throughout history, only in the past three decades have feminist litigators won definition of sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination and have women come forward in droves to demand remedies and institutional change. In the United States, sexual harassment in employment, housing (harassment by a landlord or building manager), or academia is illegal.
What to Do if You or Someone You Know is Sexually Harassed
Women around the world are beginning to
tell their stories and expose the pervasiveness of sexual harassment in
their societies. A 1992 International Labor Organization survey of 23
countries revealed what women already know: that sexual harassment is a
major problem for women all over the world. Sexual harassment affects
women’s mental and physical health as well as their social and economic
status. The level of tolerance for sexual harassment varies from culture
to culture. For information on the incidence of and remedies for sexual
harassment in a variety of countries, see Shockwaves: The Global Impact of Sexual Harassment by Susan Webb (MasterMedia Limited, New York, 1994)
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