At OSU, sexual harassment includes unwanted ‘brushing’ against someone

Published August 18, 2015 7:03pm ET



If you brush up against someone — say, at a crowded party or dance club — you may be guilty of sexual harassment, at least according to Ohio State University’s policy.

The policy (originally issued in 1980 but updated in 2014) includes as an example of sexual harassment the “unwanted touching, patting, hugging, brushing against a person’s body or staring.”

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