Sexual harassment can be a single incident or a persistent pattern, and can range from subtle behaviour to explicit demands for sexual activity, including but not limited to the following examples:
- sexually suggestive comments or jokes
- staring or leering at a person or at parts of their body
- unwelcome physical contact such as brushing against or touching a person
- comments and questions about another person’s sexual conduct and/or private relationships
- persistent unwelcome invitations
- requests for sexual favours
- offensive written, telephone or email communication of a sexual nature
- displays of sexually specific material
- accessing sexually explicit internet sites
- negative behaviours, such as intimidation or exclusions relating to the sex of a person
- unnecessary close physical proximity including persistently following a person