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- From: TK0JUT1@NIU.bitnet (Jim Thomas , tk0jut1@niu.bitnet)
- Subject: Question on sexual harassment
- Message-ID: <199301050613.AA14182@eff.org>
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- Sender: TK0JUT1%NIU.BITNET@UICVM.UIC.EDU
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 06:12:00 GMT
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- The past discussions of electronic sexual harassment were
- informative, but perhaps somebody could expand on an answer to the
- following question:
-
- What recourse would a woman have if a hostile adult (over 21)
- distributed a gif file (a look-alike image, not a photographic
- one) of an approximation of her nude, on her back, in a
- spread-legged position and made it explicitly clear that the
- graphic intended to be this woman, both by physical features and
- by labelling?
-
- If the person claimed to be developing such a program, perhaps
- embedded in a virus program, under university auspices, would this
- violate most sexual harassment codes if it were distributed on
- BBSes (rather than on Usenet)? If he informed the woman of the
- program via internet from a university account, could this be
- grounds to invoke university response? (assume that the male and
- female live in separate states and that the female is unaffiliated
- with the university).
-
- What options might a woman have in such a case?
-
- Jim Thomas
-