SEXUAL HARASSMENT PRESENTS a real and serious problem for ordinary Americans. Every year, thousands upon thousands of working women lose their jobs because they are sexually harassed in their workplaces. A similar number of secondary school students, mostly female, watch their grades drop because they are harassed in the hallways and classrooms of their schools. Further, according to the latest statistics from the Department of Defense, over eight thousand female soldiers annually receive unfairly lowered performance evaluations when they report sexual harassment within their service. These are real statistics collected by careful researchers determined to find out the facts about sexual harassment—whatever they may be. The results of their research have been clear. Sexual harassment negatively affects every sector of American society.

For this reason, calls to end sexual harassment have received the support of powerful institutional authorities. The secretary of the army has denounced sexual...