Sexual harassment is defined in federal context as a form of sex discrimination, specifically under Title VII if the Civil Rights Actof 1964.

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sexual harassment is defined as "unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employmentm unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance, or creates an intimidating , hostile or offensive work environment."