The court upheld the original conviction of harassment, with judges saying that an anonymous call to reveal an affair is a reprehensible act regardless of whether the claim is true.

法庭维持了原判，法官表示，用匿名电话揭露婚外情是一种不道德的行为，无论揭露的事实是否属实。

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Nevertheless, the court's ruling further smudges the already blurred line between discrimination on the basis of sex, which is what is actually outlawed by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (the primary source of sexual-harassment law), and mere incivility or, in Mr Oncale's case, criminal assault.

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The latest weapon, the Protection from Harassment Act, passed earlier this year by the Tories, enables victims of harassment to apply to the courts for an injunction and damages.

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Although the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 did provide some protection for women in the workplace, it was not until the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 that employers were obliged to take seriously the issue of female staff being bullied or sexually harassed in the office.

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