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With all the focus on sexual harassment in the news lately, one thing missing from most of the coverage is an actual explanation of what is (and is not) “sexual harassment”.  At least according to the law. Sounds simple right? Except that it’s not because the prevailing view of sex harassment differs from that found in the law. But I will try in a few short paragraphs to sum up decades of sexual harassment law.  (Obviously, I can’t but humor me.) Though the first thing you should know — the federal law on the subject actually doesn’t use the word harassment! Robin Shea pointed this out a while back in a blog post and I thought it was a good reminder to start with.  It’s a definition built from U.S. Supreme Court cases. There are two overall types of sex harassment that the courts have determined. Quid Pro Quo.   Sound smart: Basically this for that.  It’s a demand (express or implied) for sexual favors for either e...