Non-Violent Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome, gender-based verbal or physical conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive that has the effect of unreasonably interfering with, limiting or denying someone the ability to participate in or benefit from the University's education program. The unwelcome behavior may be based on power differentials (quid pro quo), the creation of hostile environment or retaliation.
Non-Consensual Sexual Contact: Defined as any intentional sexual touching, however slight, with any object, by a man or woman upon a man or a woman that is without consent and/or by force. Sexual contact includes intentional contact with the breasts, buttocks, groin or genitals, or touching another with any of these body parts, or making another touch you or themselves with or on any of these body parts; any intentional bodily contact in a sexual manner, though not involving contact with/of/by breasts, buttocks, groin, genitals, mouth, or other orifice.
Non-Consensual Sexual Intercourse: Defined as sexual intercourse, however slight, with any object, by a man or woman upon a man or woman that is without consent and/or by force. Intercourse includes vaginal penetration by a penis, object, tongue, or finger, anal penetration by a penis, object, tongue or finger and oral copulation (mouth to genital contact or genital to mouth contact), no matter how slight the penetration or contact.
Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person(A) who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and(B) where the existence of such a relationships shall be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:(i) the length of the relationship(ii) the type of relationship(iii) the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
(i) the length of the relationship(ii) the type of relationship(iii) the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
Domestic Violence: Violence committed by a current or former spouse of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction...or by 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.
Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to(A) fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; or(B) suffer substantital emotional distress.