In evaluating a claim of sexual harassment made by a woman,the standard used by the courts to determine whether the harassment was sufficiently severe and pervasive,is:

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For many years the determination of whether the harasser's activity was sufficiently severe and pervasive was generally based on a reasonable person standard, which is supposed to be a gender-neutral determination. That is, the activity would be judged as offensive (or not) based on whether the activity would offend a reasonable person under the circumstances. Since this "neutral" standard generally turned out to be instead a male sensibility standard, the EEOC issued a policy statement by which it required that the victim's perspective also must be considered so as not to perpetuate stereotypical notions of what behavior is acceptable to those of a given gender. This notion, labeled the "reasonable woman" or reasonable victim standard, has been used increasingly by courts and should be given serious consideration when evaluating harassing activity. If the victim is a male, it would, of course, be a reasonable man standard.

In Evaluating a Claim of Sexual Harassment Made by a Woman,the