Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favours, or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature towards you. Sexual harassment can include:

• unwelcome touching, hugging, cornering or kissing
• inappropriate staring or leering
• suggestive comments or jokes
• using suggestive or sexualised nicknames for co-workers
• sexually explicit pictures, images or gifts
• circulating sexually explicit material
• persistent unwanted invitations to go out on dates
• requests or pressure for sex
• intrusive questions or comments about a person’s private life or body
• unnecessary familiarity, such as deliberately brushing up against a person
• insults or taunts based on sex
• sexual gestures or indecent exposure
• following/stalking, watching or loitering nearby another person
• sexually explicit or indecent physical contact
• sexually explicit or indecent emails, phone calls, text messages or online interactions
• repeated or inappropriate advances online
• threatening to share intimate images or film without consent, and
• actual or attempted rape or sexual assault.

Sexual harassment is unlawful under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and may be an offence under Australian criminal law depending on the conduct.