Imagine a student whose teacher suggests that a better grade or a strong recommendation could depend on spending time together outside of class. The student feels uncomfortable but worries that saying no could affect an important academic opportunity. When an educator...
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From the Classroom to the Campus: Sexual Harassment Across Every Level of Education
Sexual Harassment Can Follow Students Through School Sexual harassment can affect a student in an elementary school classroom, a high school hallway, a college residence hall, or a graduate research lab. It can also affect teachers, professors, coaches, counselors,...
When Teachers Cross the Line: Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Authority in Schools
Why Educator Misconduct Demands Attention Teachers, professors, coaches, counselors, and other educators hold positions of trust. They control access to instruction, grades, recommendations, playing time, opportunities, and—especially for younger students—daily...
When Staff Abuse Their Authority: Sexual Misconduct by Juvenile Detention Officers
Juvenile detention facilities are environments where young people are placed under the complete control and supervision of adults. Detention officers may control when youth eat, sleep, shower, leave their rooms, receive visitors, access recreation, and communicate...
Harassment Behind Closed Doors: Sexual Misconduct in Retail Break Rooms and Back Offices
Retail workplaces are often associated with busy sales floors, customer interactions, registers, and visible employee activity. But not every workplace interaction happens in public view. Behind the sales floor are break rooms, stockrooms, back offices, employee-only...
Retail Retaliation After Reporting Harassment: From Schedule Changes to Termination
Working in retail often means adapting to changing schedules, sales goals, job duties, and management expectations. But when an employee reports sexual harassment, changes in how a manager treats that employee can become particularly troubling. Suddenly receiving...
When the Manager is the Harasser: Sexual Harassment by Retail Supervisors in California
Retail workplaces depend heavily on supervisors, store managers, assistant managers, department leads, and other employees with authority over day-to-day operations. These individuals may control schedules, assignments, sales opportunities, breaks, discipline,...
Behind Locked Doors: Sexual Abuse in California Juvenile Detention Facilities
Juvenile detention facilities are intended to provide structure, supervision, education, and rehabilitation for young people who are involved in the juvenile justice system. For minors placed in these facilities, however, the loss of freedom also creates a significant...
NDAs, Confidentiality Agreements, and Sexual Harassment Claims in the Entertainment Industry
Nondisclosure agreements, commonly known as NDAs, are contracts that restrict one or more parties from disclosing certain information. In the workplace, an NDA may appear as a stand-alone agreement or as a confidentiality provision within an employment contract, offer...
When Coaches Cross the Line: Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Power in School Athletic Programs
Coaches play an important role in school and university athletic programs. Athletes may spend significant amounts of time training with their coaches and rely on them for guidance, development, and access to future opportunities. This relationship also gives coaches...
