Communication Answers

             Harassment is judged by the effect it has on the recipient, not by what the sender intended their message to mean. Sexual harassment causes an intimidating, offensive, and hostile working environment. In order to stop harassment the courts needed to decide a way to determine whether or not certain behavior is offensive. This is difficult to do because different people will consider some behavior offensive while others will not. To deal with this the courts developed the reasonable person rule. This rule basically is used to determine whether a "reasonable person" would find the behavior in question offensive. Most people consider behavior like sexual bribery or sexual assault to be sexual harassment. This is how the rule is used, although there are some gender problems dealing with this rule. Some of the more common gender problems are that women might consider gestures, stares, and some teasing as a form of harassment. While males are more likely see some of these a!
             The introduction of a presentation is very crucial because this is best opportunity for the speaker to gain the attention of their listeners. There are several techniques that can be used to gain attention. The first technique I like is to tell a joke or a humorous story that can relate to the topic. I feel that humor can definitely gain attention of anybody in the room. Everybody likes a good laugh, and if done in a well manner everyone will laugh. Also I feel that it is a good way for the audience to feel a little more comfortable with the speaker. After you have laughed with someone you kind of have a feeling that the two of you have something in common. Also this can work backwards and make the speaker feel a little more comfortable.
             Another technique is to ask a question to the audience. The question can either be rhetorical or be an actual question that the audience can answer. This technique works because it will help the audie...

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