One consequence of the movement against sexual harassment is that it has created opposition to consensual workplace romance. The movement to ban workplace romance is supported by several diverse perspectives, including the legal community, which has conceptualized sexual harassment as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, organizational management, which views the emotionality associated with workplace romance as a threat to efficiency, and feminism, which argues that men use sexuality in the workplace as a means to oppress women. Banning workplace romance deprives many people of a natural space to seek out love and sex, given the centrality of work to most people’s lives, and represents what can be viewed as an unwarranted intrusion into people’s personal lives, privacy, and pursuit of happiness. Broad prohibitions of workplace romance—such as those created by zero tolerance policies—can inadvertently produce a number of negative consequences for employees.
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