Describe the prevalence of sexual harassment for female lawyers. What forms does it take?

What will be an ideal response?


• Surveys show that between almost half to two thirds of female lawyers and somewhat fewer court personnel report experiencing or observing sexual harassment.
• Sexual proposition, physical groping, and abusive comments remain a problem.
• Women lawyers encounter inappropriate terms of address, touching, exposure to sexist jokes, derogatory remarks about pregnancy, and quid pro quo sexual harassment.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A) Mitigated conditions. B) Special conditions. C) Mandatory conditions. D) Standard conditions.

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______ bite marks would be left on a victim by a perpetrator.

a. Offensive b. Defensive c. Malicious d. Justifiable

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The voluntariness test for deciding when a citizen has given lawful consent to search reflects a balance between the competing concerns of lawful enforcement's need for consent searches and citizens' right to be free from police coercion

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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