20;sugar,” “momma”, and “dear.” In addition, the men wrote obscene graffiti directed at the victim all over the plant. The victim complained about this atmosphere of harassment on a number of occasions, but the company’s supervisory personnel provided little or no assistance. The court found this conduct violated Title VII because the plaintiff belonged to a protected category, was subject to unwelcome sexual harassment, the harassment was based on sex, it affected a term or condition of her employment, and the employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to take remedial action.” (Roberts, Mann)“(3) In Waltman v. International Paper Co., the harassment began when a co-worker broadcast over the company’s public address system obscenities about he female victim, who then received over thirty pornographic notes in her locker. The men covered the walls of the facility and the elevator with pornographic pictures and crude remarks concerning the victim. In addition, one of the victim’s supervisors told her that she should have sex with a certain co-worker; he also physically accosted her. Another employee told the victim “he would cut off her left breast and shove it down her throat.” On another occasion, this same employee held the victim “over a stairwell, more than thirty feet from the floor.” Other male employees also physical grabbed and pinched the victim. The court found this conduct stated a claim of hostile environment discrimination under Title Vii, because employees touched her in a sexual manner, directed sexual comments toward, her and continued to write sexual graffiti throughout the workplace.” (www.business.strose.edu)Even though these examples involved blue collar workers, the problem of sexual harassment is everywhere. It not only affects the “peons” in a company but reaches management, esp...
