Harassment, including sexual harassment, is defined in Section 26 of the Equality Act 2010 as “any unwanted behaviour or conduct [of a sexual nature] which has the purpose or effect of violating a person’s dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment because of, or connected to, one or more of the following protected characteristics: age; disability; gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation.”