ABSTRACT
Sexual harassment has become one of the most controversial issues of our time. The Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas and the Navy Tailhook scandal propelled the subject of sexual harassment into national consciousness in the early 1990s. Media attention to these controversies and the many highly publicized cases involving sexual harassment since then, including the charges brought by Paula Jones against President Bill Clinton, has resulted in a well-documented increase in workplace sexual harassment charges and lawsuits. In 1991, 6883 charges of sexual harassment were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In 2001, 15 475 charges were filed, an increase of over 120 per cent (EEOC web site: https://www.eeoc.gov).
