context: In any event, even construing plaintiffs allegations broadly and in his favor, and accepting that his subjective fear of the alleged comments and minimal contact was genuinely felt, the Court finds that the necessary pervasiveness or severity is lacking in this ease.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 524 U.S. 775, 788
citation_a.parenthetical: "simple teasing, offhand. comments, and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious) will not amount to discriminatory- changes in the terms and conditions of employment"
citation_a.sentence: See Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775, 788, 118 S.Ct. 2275, 141 L.Ed.2d 662 (1998) (“simple teasing, offhand. comments, and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious) will not amount to discriminatory- changes in the terms and conditions of employment”) (citation and internal quotations omitted); see also Duncan v. Gen. Motors Corp., 300 F.3d 928, 935 (9th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 994, 123 S.Ct. 1789, 155 L.Ed.2d 695 (2003) (collecting cases where the environment. was not sufficiently severe or pervasive, despite the existence of teasing, sexual jokes, inappropriate sexual comments, and repeated instances of unwanted sexual contact).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 300 F.3d 928, 935
citation_b.parenthetical: collecting cases where the environment. was not sufficiently severe or pervasive, despite the existence of teasing, sexual jokes, inappropriate sexual comments, and repeated instances of unwanted sexual contact
citation_b.sentence: See Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775, 788, 118 S.Ct. 2275, 141 L.Ed.2d 662 (1998) (“simple teasing, offhand. comments, and isolated incidents (unless extremely serious) will not amount to discriminatory- changes in the terms and conditions of employment”) (citation and internal quotations omitted); see also Duncan v. Gen. Motors Corp., 300 F.3d 928, 935 (9th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 994, 123 S.Ct. 1789, 155 L.Ed.2d 695 (2003) (collecting cases where the environment. was not sufficiently severe or pervasive, despite the existence of teasing, sexual jokes, inappropriate sexual comments, and repeated instances of unwanted sexual contact).