Title IX: Preventing Sex Discrimination
Consent
An ongoing process of communication where clear approval is given and received.
Dating Violence
Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a romantic or intimate
relationship with the victim.
Domestic Violence
Crimes of violence committed by a person who is the current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim.
Hostile Environment
Arises when sexual harassment is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to an education program or activity. The person affected may be the target of the harassment or anyone else who is subject to the hostile environment.
Quid Pro Quo Harassment
Quid pro quo means “this for that”. Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when an employee or other person authorized by an educational institution explicitly or implicitly conditions the provision of an aid, benefit, or service related to the institution on a person’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct.
Reporting
Sharing concerns about inappropriate behavior with an employee of an educational institution, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights or the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
Retaliation
Occurs when an educational institution, an employee or other person authorized by an educational institution or a student treats applicants, students, or employees less favorably for exercising any right under Title IX; reporting in good faith any information relating to potential sex discrimination; making a good faith complaint of potential sex discrimination; or testifying, assisting, participating or refusing to participate in a Title IX investigation, proceeding, or hearing. All students and employees are protected from retaliation by their educational institution or any other person.
Sexual Assault
Any sexual act directed at another person, forcibly or against their will, or non forcibly where the victim is incapable of giving consent. Sexual assault includes forcible rape, sodomy, criminal sexual contact, sexual assault with an object and statutory rape.
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment consists of offensive verbal, visual or physical conduct that relates to a person’s sex or is of a sexual nature, such as unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors. Sexual harassment includes quid pro quo harassment, hostile environment harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.
Stalking
A course of conduct directed at a specific person that would reasonably cause the person to suffer substantial emotional distress or fear for their own safety or the safety of others.
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It does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice.