Could these situations demonstrate sexual harassment or prohibitive behaviors? Answer true or false to each question. Make whatever assumptions you need to make to form your opinion. Form into groups of three or four students and discuss each of your responses. Where differences exist, come to some consensus on the situation. You can then look at the endnote for suggested responses.

a. A female supervisor frequently praises the work of a highly competent male employee who recently received a merit raise. His female coworkers are becoming increasingly annoyed with her behavior and envious of his raise. 

b. A female employee in a mostly male department voluntarily accepts a date with her male supervisor. 

c. A male employee is given favored work assignments in exchange for arranging dates for his boss. 

d. Male employees put rubber snakes, spiders, and mice in the lunch box of a female coworker because she screams when she is surprised by them. Male coworkers do not receive the same kind of teasing. 

e. A male has asked two female coworkers to stop embarrassing him by telling jokes of a sexual nature and sharing their sexual fantasies, but they continue, telling him a “real man wouldn’t be embarrassed.” 

f. Al tells Marge an offensive joke, but when Marge says “Al, I don ’t appreciate your nasty jokes,” Al responds, “I ’m sorry, Marge, you ’re right, I shouldn’t have told that one at work.”