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Assignment:

I need help to write an introduction paragraph on this topic. I would like to also include a quote about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting sex discrimination

The Prompt of my essay: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in employment. In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued regulations defining sexual harassment as a form of gender discrimination in 1980. The EEOC policy states:

• It is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex. Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.
• Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person's sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general.
• Both victim and the harasser can be either a woman or a man, and the victim and harasser can be the same sex.
• Although the law doesn't prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or isolated incidents that are not very serious, harassment is illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted).
• The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or someone who is not an employee of the employer, such as a client or customer.
• Yet, allegations of sexual harassment are front and center in the news today, causing a sea change in the way organizations think about gender and power.
• Discuss why is sexual harassment still an issue in the workplace?