They also illustrate a male-dominated culture that has fostered sexual harassment and abuse of women for decades.
A ban may foster, not deter, harassment or religiously motivated attacks.
Jared the Galleria of Jewelers and Kay Jewelers' parent company, Sterling Jewelers, is facing a class-action arbitration case from thousands of former and current employees, 250 of whom allege the company "fostered rampant sexual harassment and discrimination," The Washington Post reported Monday.
As head of the Hollywood Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality, convened a year ago by some of the most powerful players in Hollywood, she is working on best practices that extend beyond preventing and punishing sexual harassment to foster broader cultural change.
Israeli rights advocates say that such comments by officials have fostered an atmosphere of harassment.
An artist has resigned from her position as an artist in residence at the Tate in protest at how she believes it and other arts institutions are failing women when it comes to combating sexual harassment and fostering diversity.
These groups say they are "working in an increasingly hostile environment," according to a New York Times report, and that Israeli government leaders are fostering "an atmosphere of harassment" by turning "human rights criticism into an existential threat". However, Congress has chosen to look the other way -- and wants the executive branch to do the same.
They may be fostering a culture where sexual harassment will become more prevalent.
The suit is the latest accusation of mistreatment of women in the Park Service, which congressional critics have said fostered a culture of sexual harassment.
Some of the course credits came from Theories of Softball and Bowling I. Nancy Scafetta, a former secretary in the human development department, said she retired recently after 23 years because of an atmosphere of "harassment and bullying" fostered by Leo Wilton, the chairman of the department.
