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10 days ago
Female Cornell employees coined term 'sexual harassment' in 1975
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Snopes is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Female Cornell employees coined term 'sexual harassment' in 1975”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The term entered the lexicon after a Cornell employee resigned due to sexual harassment by her boss.
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Female Cornell employees coined term 'sexual harassment' in 1975
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