The video doesn't justify the basis on which U.C.L.A. is considering punishing her: that her words amount to a form of harassment against a group of students.
"It's purely political and it's a form of harassment against one of the most vocal critics if not the most vocal critic of the administration.
In the nine years since Mr. Toth was detained, one American journalist, Andrew Nagorski of Newsweek magazine, was expelled, and a variety of lesser forms of harassment have regularly been used against others.
The Morgan Hill superintendent of schools, Carolyn McKennan, said in a statement that "the district has been against all forms of harassment before, during and after this litigation".
Despite advances against some forms of harassment such as upskirting, which recently became an offence in England and Wales, catcalling and other forms of public harassment are still common and not classed as legal offences in the UK.
In addition, Japanese society has recently supported policies and rules against several forms of harassment, including sexual, power, and academic issues.
In many cases, it is relatively easy for the police to take prompt action against the lesser forms of harassment.
Still, said Mark Schwartz, a business-ethics lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, "When it comes to actually providing for protections for employees against reprisals or other forms of harassment, companies have a long way to go".
