Entitled: "Il me semblait, docteur, que c'矇tait dans le dos qu'on 矇coutait" ("It seemed to me, Doctor, that it was in the back we listened"). A pretty young woman has unbuttoned her blouse and the attractive physician has placed his ear on her chest, using auscultation as his method of diagnosis. Engraving by Jules Renard, 1880s. Sexual harassment is the persistent unwelcome directing of sexual remarks and looks, and unnecessary physical contact at a person, usually a woman, especially in the workplace.