... if the harasser has power over the victim. If the problem of harassment has only occurred once or a few times over a period of several months it is likely to be deemed merely as horseplay. "Sometimes offensive, occasional crude, explicit comments in any setting are not considered illegal,"" (Wise 53). Most sexual harassment disputes do not end up as courtroom battles. The ... and they made the rules. If they hired a women to work in their office and they wanted to pat her on the "bottom- or call her "baby- that was perfectly acceptable. A lot of times it went further than a simple gestu...

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