Do you know how sexual harassment, consent, sexual assault and stalking are defined? Take a moment to review these terms.
同意 is not specifically defined in Kansas law. However, Kansas law does provide that a person commits rape, as set out in K.S.A. 21-5503, when a person knowingly engages in sexual intercourse with someone who is (1) overcome by force or fear, (2) unconscious or physically powerless, (3) incapable of giving consent because of mental deficiency or disease, or because of the effect of any alcoholic liquor, 麻醉, 药物或其他物质, (4) under the age of consent in Kansas, or (5) consent was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation.
家庭暴力 is a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; a person who is cohabitating with, 或与…同居, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of the violence occurred.
性骚扰 means conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:
- An employee conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit or service of the College on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct (i.e., quid pro quo); or
- Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the College’s education program or activity; or
- 性侵犯 (as defined in the Clery Act), 约会暴力, 家庭暴力 or 跟踪 (as defined in the Violence Against Women Act or VAWA).
第九条 of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a statute (among others) enforced by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). 第九条 protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. It was passed to ensure all students and employees in educational settings are treated equally and fairly.