Same-sex harassment
In Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Serv., Inc., 523 U.S. 75, 80 (1998), the Supreme Court held for the first time that same-sex sexual harassment was actionable under Title VII. The Court emphasized that harassment "because of sex," which is prohibited by Title VII, need not be between members of opposite sexes, as long as the harassment was directed at members of one sex and not the other.
Sourse: Sexual Harassment Law: A Brief Introduction for New Practitioners by David J. Marshall and Justine F. Andronici.
See also: Anti-discrimination law; Discrimination; Harassment; Hostile Environment; Reasonable Person Standardant; Sex; Sexual Harassment; Sexual harassment policy; Sexual misconduct; Sexual orientation; Single-incident sexual harassment; Stereotype; Tangible employment action; Third-party sexual harassment; Timeliness