Sexual assault is any unwanted sexual contact against any individual by force or without consent; or when a person cannot give consent (under the age of consent, intoxicated, developmentally disabled, 精神上/身体上无法同意, etc.).

性骚扰是指在下列情况下不受欢迎的性行为或交流:

• 学生或雇员被引导相信，他或她必须屈服于不受欢迎的性行为或交流，以获得一些回报, such as a grade, a promotion, a place on a sports team, 或任何教育或就业决定, or
• 这种行为严重干扰了学生?s educational performance, 或者创造一个令人生畏或充满敌意的教育或就业环境.

性骚扰发生在:

• Submitting to the harasser’s sexual demands is a stated or implied condition of obtaining a work or educational opportunity or other benefit; or
• 顺从或拒绝性需求是作品中的一个因素, school, or other SPS-related decision affecting an individual; or
• 不受欢迎的性行为或性别导向的行为或交流会干扰个人的表现或造成一种恐吓, 敌对的或攻击性的环境.

这种行为可以采取多种形式，包括:

• 发表不受欢迎、冒犯或不适当的性暗示言论;
• Gestures or jokes;
• Standing too close,
• Inappropriate touching,
• Cornering, or stalking a person; or
• 在学校展示冒犯性或不适当的性插图.