Sentence examples for was harassed because of from inspiring English sources

When motivation is unclear, courts are often reluctant to conclude that an individual was harassed because of his or her sex unless the harassment involves a man and a woman, according to lawyers who represent employees.

During basic training, Private Abdo said that his rapport with his peers was "horrible" and that he was harassed because of his religion.

Zachary began thinking about the housing issue when he was a senior at a high school in Pittsburgh, where he was harassed because of his masculine appearance.

Toms – who was born with a uterus and identifies as a woman – believes she was harassed because of the current panic about trans people in bathrooms.

It was clear to Omar's mother that her American born and raised son was harassed because of his Muslim faith and Arab ancestry.

Another supervisor applied brown makeup to his face to make his skin tone darker during a skit at a sales conference in Indianapolis, according to the report, which concluded that there was "substantial evidence" that Reese, who worked in the Westchester office, was harassed because of his race.

But unless employees can demonstrate that they were harassed because of their sex, they may be out of luck.

Tillman, who is black, told authorities that she thought she was "being harassed because of the color of her skin," the lawsuit states.

But Mr. Powers said then that he was being harassed because of an anti-Giuliani protest he was planning for Washington Square that week.

She told hostage negotiators in Laredo that she believed she was being harassed because of her former husband, who she claimed was affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan and the Russian mafia.

In the book and the film, Changez is harassed because of his South Asian appearance — strip-searched at an airport, questioned by the F.B.I., betrayed by those around him.