Title IX & 性骚扰

被指控为可能构成性骚扰行为受害者的个人.

被调查者

An individual who has been reported to be the perpetrator of conduct that could constitute sexual harassment.

收到正式投诉的第九条官员.

由投诉人提交或第九条协调员签署的文件, alleging sexual harassment against a respondent and requesting that the recipient investigate the allegation of sexual harassment.

是否提供适当的非惩罚性个性化服务, 是合理可行的, and without fee or charge to the complainant or the respondent before or after the filing of a formal complaint or where no formal complaint has been filed.

Advisor

Is a person selected by the complainant or respondent to advise the them during the grievance process along with the live hearing.

目击被指控的违法行为并能提供事实的人.

学院用来调查不当性行为报告的证据标准. 证据优势的意思是“更有可能”.“当一个人被指控犯下特定的不当性行为时, the allegation is established by a preponderance of evidence when the evidence is such that is more likely than not true that the person committed the act.

性骚扰 定义为基于性别的行为，满足以下一个或多个条件:

性侵犯 在未经受害人同意的情况下，是否有针对他人的企图或实际性行为, 包括受害者没有能力给予同意的情况.

任何企图或实际的针对他人的性行为, 未经受害者同意, 包括受害者没有能力给予同意的情况.

Rape 是穿透, 无论多么微不足道, 阴道或肛门的, 任何身体部位或物体, 或者被另一个人的性器官口交, 没有得到受害者的同意. 这种罪行包括强奸男性和女性.

• 抚摸是为了性满足而触摸另一个人的私处, 没有得到受害者的同意, 包括受害者没有能力给予同意的情况 because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
• Incest is sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
• 法定强奸是指与未达到法定同意年龄的人发生性关系.

• “同意”是指自愿同意进行性行为.
• 无行为能力的人不能给予同意.
• 过去的同意并不意味着现在或将来的同意.
• 沉默或没有反抗并不意味着同意.
• Consent to engage in sexual activity with one person does not imply consent to engage in sexual activity with another person.
• 同意可以在任何时候撤销.
• 胁迫、武力或其中任何一种的威胁使同意无效.
• 17岁以下的人不能表示同意.

身体无助的人被认为是睡着的人, 无意识的或因任何其他原因无法沟通的，不愿意从事任何行为的. A mentally incapacitated person may be one who is under the influence of alcohol or a drug or who is mentally incapable of understanding the implications and consequences of any act.

A hostile environment is created when a person in authority requests sex in exchange for favors and through the presence of demeaning or sexual photographs, 笑话或威胁创造一个令人生畏的冒犯环境.

Dating violence is defined as violence committed by a person who is currently in or has been in a social relationship or a romantic or intimate relationship with the victim.

• The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party’s statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, 关系的类型, 以及关系中双方互动的频率.
• 为了这个定义的目的, 约会暴力包括, 但不限于, 性虐待或身体虐待或这种虐待的威胁.
• 约会暴力不包括家庭暴力定义所涵盖的行为.

家庭暴力的定义是由下列行为构成的重罪或轻罪暴力犯罪:

• 受害者的现任或前任配偶或亲密伴侣;
• 与受害人有共同子女的人;
• 与被害人配偶、亲密伴侣同居或者曾经同居的人;
• 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 violence occurred.

Stalking is defined as engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for that person’s safety or the safety of others or to cause that person to suffer substantial emotional distress.

就本定义而言:行为过程是指两个或两个以上的行为, including, 但不限于, 行为中跟踪者直接, indirectly, 或者通过第三方, 通过任何行动, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, 或与人交流或关于人交流, 或干涉他人的财产.

Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.

实质性的情绪困扰是指严重的精神痛苦或痛苦，可能, 但不一定, 需要医疗或其他专业治疗或咨询.

Sexual exploitation is defined as occurring when an individual takes non-consensual or abusive sexual advantage of another for his or her own advantage or benefit or to take advantage of anyone other than the one being exploited, 除此之外，这种行为并不构成其他性行为不端犯罪.

Sexual intimidation is defined as an implied or actual threat to commit a sex act against another person, 或用于强迫参与性行为的行为.