June 15, 2001

More Than One Kind of Sexual Harassment

To the Editor:

A major reason why my institution -- George Washington University -- and so many others seem to be having problems drafting policies to deal with sexual harassment is a failure to realize that there are two very different types of harassment, and that they are covered by two different laws with two different legal standards ("George Washington Professors Reject Harassment Policy," May 18).

Sexual harassment between a supervisor and a subordinate employee (e.g.,

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