Policy and Procedures on Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence: Non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct
Western Oregon University
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Non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct includes conduct occurring both on-campus and off-campus, if the conduct was in connection with a University or University-recognized education program or activity, or if the conduct may have the effect of creating a hostile environment for a member of the WOU community.
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Sexual Harassment. Under university policy, sexual harassment may include conduct that creates a hostile environment or is retaliatory in nature. The university will assess objective and subjective factors in determining whether a hostile environment exists. A single, isolated incident of sexual harassment alone may create a hostile environment if the incident is sufficiently severe, such as rape or other forms of sexual assault. The more severe the conduct, the less need there is to show that the conduct was persistent or pervasive in nature.
A hostile environment exists when sexual or sex-based harassment is sufficiently serious to deny or limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the University’s programs or activities ...
In determining whether sex-based harassment has created a hostile environment, the University considers the conduct in question from both a subjective and objective perspective. It will be necessary, but not enough, that the conduct was unwelcome to the student who was harassed. The University will also need to find that a reasonable person in the student’s position would have perceived the conduct as undesirable or offensive in order for that conduct to create or contribute to a hostile environment.
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Examples of sexual harassment include, but are not limited to: ... Gender-based bullying
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Bullying includes any intentional electronic, written, verbal or physical act or a series of acts directed at another person or persons on the basis of sex, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation, that is severe, persistent or pervasive and that has the intended effect of substantially interfering with a person’s education or work; creating a threatening environment; or substantially disrupting the orderly operation of the university.