If these informal methods have made no serious impact on your attacker, then it’s about time to launch formal approaches that does not only deal with personal honor or company rules and regulations.

Consider filing a Title IX complaint with Office for Civil Rights at U.S. Department of Education. You can go directly to Department of Education in Washington so that you could get more information about this area of law. For a little bird’s eye view, however, Title IX covers all students and employees in institutions where there is federal aid or assistance, including financial aid going to institution. In filing such complaint, you need not bother with an attorney. Still, you can file a Title IX lawsuit later if you desire to do so.

Investigations and findings may take a while, though you could speed up process by asking your 2 Senators and Representative to write Secretary of Education. Request that you be kept posted with progress and results of investigations.

Common scenario of sexual harassment is at workplace. At very first signs of unwanted sexual advances toward you, try stopping it by directly confronting person. If this isn’t successful, go to your supervisor or human resources department for assistance. There may be several informal and formal actions that will be suggested for you and company could do. These options range from contacting your unit or department and informing them of your complaint but keeping you anonymous, sending a letter to your harasser, or speaking directly to them to inform them that their behaviors violate company policy and federal law. He may also need to be informed that retaliation is not way to solve his problem.