Street harassment definition

Street harassment means disrespectful, offensive, or threatening statements, gestures, or other conduct directed at an individual in a high-risk area without the individual’s consent and motivated by the individual’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, or any other protected class identified in the Human Rights Act of 1977, effective December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-38; D.C. Official Code § 2-1401.01 et seq.).
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Examples of Street harassment in a sentence

  • Street harassment was first defined in the U.S. during the 1980s, and the discourse around street harassment was heavily affected by the fight to get workplace sexual harassment criminalized.

Related to Street harassment

  • Harassment means a pattern of unwelcome verbal or physical conduct relating to another person's constitutionally or statutorily protected status that causes, or reasonably should be expected to cause, substantial interference with the other's performance in the school environment; and

  • Sexual harassment means conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:

  • Title IX Sexual Harassment means conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:

  • Discrimination or harassment means discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, ancestry, national origin, or disability.

  • Workplace Harassment means engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome”. Ref: Occupational Health and