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A seminar on women as leaders was a successful venture within an academic department of psychiatry. The structure of the course, which incorporated specific teaching materials plus "local" expertise, could serve as a model for such seminars in other programs or could be integrated into an existing course for all residents.

Sexual harassment is being recognized as a pervasive and highly visible problem at an institutional level. As a consequence institutions are establishing policies and proce-Sexual harassment, as a problem at the institutional level, has recently emerged as an important, pervasive, and highly visible issue. Given the changing structure of American families, and the evolving role of women in the work force (Sandroff, 1988), it is likely that sexual harassment, over the next few years, will continue to be viewed as a major issue. Moreover, in view of the significant implications of recent legal decisions (e.g., Meritor Savings Bank vs. Vinson, 1986) with respect to corporate and institutional responsibility, increasing attention has, in the recent past, been paid to sexual harassment and gender-related discrimination by management.Despite the recent increase in interest, sexual harassment has only been a subject for scholarly inquiry over the past few years. While a number of excellent analyses of this subject exist (Collins & Blodgett, 1981; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988) sexual harassment has been less studied than other aspects of the work environment. In this regard, the recent article by Popovich (1988) is especially valuable. This article reviews the definition of sexual harassment, examines some of its implications in the workplace, and outlines several strategies for dealing with sexual harassment.Popovich is to be congratulated on a scholarly and incisive review of this subject. In the context of employee rights, a number of additional institutional strategies exist, which have proven to be effective in proactively dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace. Since these strategies have not yet been adopted on a widespread basis, they are worth reviewing: