Student Handbook: (INTERIM) TITLE IX POLICY ON PROHIBITED SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE AND OTHER FORMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

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Sexual Harassment - Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: ... such conduct creates a hostile environment. A hostile environment exists when the conduct is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive, both subjectively and objectively, that it unreasonably interferes with, limits, or deprives an individual from participating in or benefiting from the University’s educational, employment, residential, and/or campus experience.

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Examples of Sexual Harassment - The following examples are illustrative of conduct that, if proven, may be considered by the University to establish sexual harassment:
(1) unsolicited, unwelcomed flirtations, advances, and/or propositions of a sexual nature;
(2) insults, jokes, or anecdotes that belittle or demean an individual or a group's sexuality, gender, gender identity, gender expression, non-conformance with gender stereotypes, or sexual orientation;
(3) unwelcomed sexually oriented gestures, verbal expressions, or comments of a sexual nature about an individual's body, clothing, or sexual experience;
(4) inappropriate displays of sexually suggestive objects or pictures; ...