Which of the Following Was the Result in Teresa Harris

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the result in Teresa Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., the case in the text in which the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether an employee must suffer serious psychological damage in order to pursue damages for a claim of sexual harassment?

• A) That Title VII is limited to "economic" or "tangible" discrimination and that a plaintiff may not recover unless psychological damages were sufficiently severe to result in an economic impact on the plaintiff's ability to work.
• B) That under Title VII, an economic impact on the plaintiff's ability to earn is unnecessary, but that the plaintiff must demonstrate serious psychological damage.
• C) That under Title VII, so long as the environment would reasonably be perceived, and is perceived, as hostile or abusive, there is no need for it also to be psychologically injurious.
• D) That under Title VII, so long as the environment is subjectively perceived, as hostile or abusive, there is no need for it also to be psychologically injurious.
• E) That under Title VII, whether an environment is psychologically injurious may not be admitted into evidence because such evidence is irrelevant.

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