Community Rights and Responsibilities: Prohibited Conduct- Sex-Based Harassment
State University of New York - Albany
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Sex-Based Harassment is sexual harassment and other harassment on the basis of sex, including harassment because of gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes, and/or pregnancy and other conditions, that is: ...
Hostile environment harassment. Unwelcome sex-based conduct that, based on the totality of the circumstances, is subjectively and objectively offensive and is so severe or pervasive that it limits or denies a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from the University’s Education Program or Activity (i.e., creates a hostile environment).