In the late 1990s a woman who had been a graduate student at Emory University filed a sexual harassment suit against her former advisor, who was also female. Her grounds for suing were her allegations that she (the student) had rejected sexual advances made by her advisor, and the advisor retaliated by not hiring her for a job. This case would be an example of ________ sexual harassment.

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Quid pro quo sexual harassment occurs when job benefits or opportunities are conditioned upon the recipient's submission to unwelcome sexual advances or conduct. In this case, the plaintiff alleged that her former advisor did not hire her for a job as retaliation for rejecting her sexual advances, which fits the definition of quid pro quo sexual harassment.

In the Late 1990s a Woman Who Had Been a Graduate