Sexual harassment is unwanted behavior of a sexual nature that makes you feel uncomfortable, fearful, or helpless and interferes with work. Sexual harassment can happen to anyone; male or female, student or working adult. Sexual harassment has been at the forefront of businesses for years, whether taken to court or resolved through mediation, it is a constant in our society today. In 1964 Title VII was established to prohibit sexual discrimination in employment, this did not include sexual harassment. After four cases of “nonsexual harassment” acts deemed discriminatory on the basis of sex, sexual harassment was finally recognized in 1986. In Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, the Supreme Court found it to be a violation of Title VII and established the standards for analyzing whether the conduct was acceptable and the levels of responsibility of the employer. Finally, in 1988, a first-class sexual harassment lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Minnesota mining employee who described a pattern of harassment and abuse starting when he went to work there in 1975 in Jensen v. Eveleth Travonite Co. Sexual harassment would since then be challenged and fought in court under Title VII in order to protect the character and capacity of others. Sexual harassment includes submission to unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, etc. explicitly or implicitly as a term or condition of an individual's employment, the submission or refusal of such conduct by an individual used as the basis for an employment decision affecting such individual, or such conduct has the purpose or effect of interfering unreasonably with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or… middle of paper… atmosphere. Recommendation of the European Union Commission of 27 November 1991. on the protection of the dignity of women and men at work, (p. (L49) 1.). Psychology's Voice in Sexual Harassment Law, American Psychological Association (August 1998) Antecedents and Consequences of Sexual Harassment in Organizations: A Test of an Integrated Model, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 82, 578-589 (1997); Fitzgerald, L.F., Swann, S. & Magley, V.J. But was it really harassment? Legal, Behavioral, and Psychological Definitions of Women's Workplace Victimization, in W. O'Donohue (ed.), Sexual Harassment: Theory, Research, and Treatment (1997); and Schneider, K.T., Swann, S. & Fitzgerald, L.F., Psychological and work-related effects of sexual harassment in the workplace: Empirical evidence from two organizations, Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 82, 401-415 (1997)).