Title IX and Sexual Misconduct Policy
University of Alabama
Relevant Excerpt
Title IX Sex-Based Harassment is conduct on the basis of sex, which may include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, whether verbal, nonverbal, graphic, physical, or otherwise, when the conditions outlined in (1) and/or (2), below, are present: ...
(2) Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the University’s education program or activity (often referred to as “hostile environment” harassment).