[braveo]

that's still not sexual harassment, there are plenty of stories of men chasing women and eventually marrying them.

human sexuality isn't that cut and dried.

[kybernetikos]

I think you're talking about something different to the main thread here. Most people here are talking about a professional context where there is a significant power imbalance between the parties.

Context is important.

[braveo]

I was specifically responding to the claim that 'unwanted advances' could be considered sexual harassment under the law.

yes, technically you could consider rape to be an 'unwanted advance', but no reasonable person would ever characterize it as so. The very fact that it's characterized as an unwanted advance tells you it's not sexual harassment, it's just someone chasing another person.

[URSpider94]

Not taking no for an answer is sexual harassment, if it makes the person on the receiving end uncomfortable.

[qubex]

I'm very happy my fiancée didn't take ’no’ to be my definitive answer. You really can't reduce these things to binary operations.