Sexual Harassment Through the Rhetoric of the Faragher-Ellerth Defense

This research applies stasis theory to the Supreme Court decision Ellerth v. Burlington to discover edge cases where the sexual harassment Faragher-Ellerth defense introduces ambiguity. This research shows how slight differences in the definitions used and accepted by different courts can lead to larger differences in policy later down the line. This research could be used as part of a legal rhetoric theory curriculum, and it could also be used to help draft legal rhetoric that takes into account this theory.