Initially, same-sex harassment was not covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.True false question.TrueFalse

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True. Initially, same-sex harassment was not explicitly covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act was designed to prohibit discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, and religion, but it did not specifically address the issue of sexual harassment, particularly when it involved individuals of the same sex. It was not until the landmark Supreme Court case Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. in 1998 that the Court ruled that same-sex harassment is indeed actionable under Title VII. This decision clarified that the protections against discrimination based on sex encompass sexual harassment in all its forms, including harassment between members of the same gender.