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If the response of several regional legal luminaries is anything to go by, OECS governments should expect stiff opposition from the public if they implement wholesale the Model Sexual Harassment Legislation drafted by the IMPACT Justice Project.<\/p>

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During an IMPACT-organised workshop last month in St. Kitts, lawyers generally welcomed the proposed law but raised alarm over some of the provisions, including the definition of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

But let us start at the beginning with a synopsis of UWI Law Lecturer Anika Gray\u2019s presentation, the trigger for the warning against heavily regulating \u201cplayful frolic\u201d between men and women.<\/p>

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GRAY\u2019S SNAPSHOT OF IMPACT\u2019S MODEL BILL
\n– Sexual harassment is unwelcomed conduct of a sexual nature which makes a person feel
\noffended, humiliated and\/or intimidated. It includes creating a hostile environment for those
\nwho are not directly involved in or are not the target of the inappropriate behaviour.<\/p>

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– It does not have to be a series of acts but can be a single action depending on the severity.<\/p>\n

– The Bill talks about the different spaces and circumstances in which sexual harassment will be prohibited including the workplace, educational institutions, hotels, supermarkets, taxis, etc.<\/p>

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– The legislation also recognises that anyone can be harassed.<\/p>\n

– It provides protection to the complainant and prohibits retaliation since this can stop people making a complaint.<\/p>

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– There is no recognition of contributor fault on the part of the victim. Some might say you got slapped because you looked sexy in that short dress.<\/p>

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– It assures confidentiality around the process of determining guilt and redress, but this does not mean that the accused will not know who made the allegation.<\/p>\n

– The process for redress is layered – employer, commission or similar body, tribunal. There is due
\nprocess for the accused in the complaints procedure which has an appeal process.<\/p>\n

For Gray, a lecturer at UWI Mona, the legislation is critical to changing the \u201cculture\u201d of sexual
\nharassment in Caribbean countries where women feel daily the effects of male entitlement to females\u2019 bodies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not just pssst. It is, hey baby. It\u2019s telling you about how your breasts look. They feel they are doing you something good and if you don\u2019t respond favourably, you are bashed,\u201d she said, describing a daily occurrence on street corners in all Caribbean countries.<\/p>\n

Such inappropriate behaviour takes place, too, among peers in workplaces across the region, but there is also \u201ctop-down\u201d sexual harassment as Gray showed using excerpts from a 1998 study which Gladys Brown-Campbell did on patriarchy in the Jamaica Constabulary Force.<\/p>\n

The research found that women who rebuffed male advances were punished by being given consecutive night duties, overlooked for promotions and transferred to remote areas.<\/p>\n

Saying this power differential underpins sexual harassment, Gray referenced Singing Sandra\u2019s Calypso song, \u201cDie with my Dignity\u201d:<\/p>\n

You looking now to find something to do
\nYou meet a boss man who promise to help you
\nBut when the man lay down the conditions
\nNothing else but humiliation<\/p>\n

So, a very important component of IMPACT Justice\u2019s model legislation is getting organisations to develop policies that make employees of all levels aware of what constitutes sexual harassment. The thinking is that if they know what it is and the consequences, then they will not engage in the behaviour.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Gray anticipated the question: \u201cwhy do we need specific legislation for sexual harassment\u201d and addressed it in her presentation, saying that without the law, employers might dismiss complaints or become overzealous in handling allegations.
\n\u201cIt is also important for prevention. We also need it for fair treatment, not only for the person who has alleged the sexual harassment, but for the accused,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

However, several of the lecturer\u2019s arguments failed to sway some workshop participants including Antigua & Barbuda attorney-at-law, Dr. David Dorsett. While generally agreeing with protecting people from sexual harassment, he opposes other than the recipient being able to make a complaint, prompting Gray to remind that anyone who sees the interaction and feels uncomfortable is a victim and therefore a complainant.<\/p>\n

With a stalemate in place on that particular point, Dr. Dorsett then rejected the model legislation\u2019s suggestion that sexual harassment could be a one-off event.
\n\u201cThe word harassment suggests again and again and again. The word harassment is now losing its meaning,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

An ensuing uproar signalled that the lawyer had lost the support of his peers who up to that point had vigorously nodded agreement to his contribution. Among them, Dr. Dorsett\u2019s compatriot Magistrate Conliffe Clarke who counselled that a one-off incident could be egregious enough to warrant sexual harassment and recounted a female family member\u2019s encounter with pestering in Antigua\u2019s capital, St. John\u2019s.
\n\u201cI walked a block behind and we walked up Market Street. (Had I been) next to her and people said what they said, I would have gotten into three fights. They were three different individuals. So I completely disagree with you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Grenadian lawyer Ruggles Ferguson expressed concern that with the advent of the legislation, regional countries would be importing elements that run counter to the culture of the Caribbean.
\n\u201cI am not defending it in any way, but in our culture people may not take offence to things said like in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also reasoned that while some interactions could be inappropriate, not all inappropriate behaviour ought to constitute sexual harassment. And he believes that with the possibility of severe adverse consequences such as dismissal arising from a complaint, it is dangerous for a third-party \u201cbusy body\u201d to be given the power to make a complaint. \u201cThat may be going too far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meantime, Antigua &amp; Barbuda\u2019s director of law reform, Adlai Smith, advised that while dismissal is not the remedy for every circumstance, employers must recognise that inappropriate behaviour should not be fostered.<\/p>\n

There was also consensus that while men are also sexually harassed in the workplace, it will be a challenge to get them to report the inappropriate behaviour because there is often derision and lack of sympathy.<\/p>\n

The workshop host, IMPACT Justice\u2019s regional director Professor Velma Newton, described the discussion as robust but inconclusive.<\/p>\n

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