Tennessee State University: Whistling May Qualify as Sexual Harassment

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At Tennessee State University in Nashville, “whistling in a suggestive manner” may qualify as sexual harassment and can get students expelled or employees fired. Those caught making “suggestive or insulting sounds” or making “suggestive or obscene gestures” also face similar consequences as well as students or staff who joke about sex on campus. The rules are outlined in the university’s discrimination and harassment policy (https://d28htnjz2elwuj.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/28032114/discrim-harass.pdf), which was obtained by a conservative journalism nonprofit dedicated to the principles of a free society. The group published an article on its website (https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/39743/) that reveals Tennessee State University has been blasted by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (https://www.thefire.org/newsdesk/) (FIRE) for several policies that allow free speech to be punished as harassment. With an undergraduate enrollment of about 7,000, the school’s policy lists nearly two dozen “offenses” that can constitute sexual harassment among students and employees. Cases are determined individually and the “totality of the circumstances” will be considered before deciding if sexual harassment has been committed.

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