(a) Kinds of Women Harassment at a workplace

Verbal Sexual harassment

It is defined as an improper use of privilege in order to verbally abuse to women at the workplace. It is usually done with the excessive use of language to undermine women’s dignity and security with insult or humiliation in a sudden or repeated manner.

77% of the women have faced verbal sexual harassment at workplace.

Unwelcome sexual touching

Young women working as the manager, employee or at any other designation being touched by the senior employee or by the employer against the norms and values or against the victim’s will at a workplace.

51% of the women worldwide have faced unwanted sexual touching at workplaces.

Cyberbullying or cyber sexual harassment

Technology has introduced the cyberspace and the communication tool such as instant messaging apps. These social media platforms are largely used in the business enterprises or at workplaces. So, most of the employees use these social media platforms to harass fellow female colleague in chat conversations and text messages.

41% of the women cyberbullied or have faced cyber sexual harassment at workplace.

Sexual Harassment

It is simple harassment that mostly happened with the women at a workplace that is basically sexual in nature and it further includes unwanted sexual advances, conduct or behavior. It is not less than unlawful discrimination and law has existed against the evil activity. It is one of the most hostile ways of harassment at workplace and it can also create a hostile work environment for the victim and even some time for the culprit as well.

It can happen at the workplace by the culprit such as sharing of sexual content on the social messaging apps, posting sexual posters, and sexual comments verbally and sexual gestures and by invading sexual space as well.

Quid Pro QUO Sexual Harassment

It is basically exchanged –based sexual harassment against the women at the workplace. If the job is being offered to women employee on the condition that she partake in some form of sexual conduct, that’s why it refers is quid pro-sexual harassment. Mostly the senior employees working with the employers having the privilege to deal with the recruitment may offer something of value in exchange for the sexual favor is known as quid pro quo sexual harassment.