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Same‐sex harassment: implications of the Oncale decision for forensic evaluation of plaintiffs
Author(s) -
Foote William E.,
GoodmanDelahunty Jane
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199901/03)17:1<123::aid-bsl334>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - harassment , plaintiff , criminology , psychology , supreme court , sex discrimination , social psychology , medicine , political science , law
The US Supreme Court recently rendered an opinion in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc . (1998), holding that same‐sex sexual harassment of a male by another male provides a basis for a title VII hostile work environment claim. Social scientists have recently begun to research same‐sex sexual harassment. The data indicate that men are the predominant targets of intra‐gender sexual harassment, and that patterns of same‐sex harassment differ from those of inter‐gender harassment. The clinical research on male victims of sexual abuse suggests that symptom pictures for same‐sex victims may differ from models based upon women's experience of hostile work environments. Implications for social science research and clinical practice are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.