LeonardoCornejo: You know even persistent courting should not be held as harassment. I was born thanks to persistence. My grandfather courted my grandmother until seh noticed him, and my mother was very persistent with my father.
Keldroc: "Persistent courting" is the definition of harassment, regardless of the outcome. Yes, sometimes harassing someone will get you what you want. That doesn't make it a good idea or an acceptable behavior.
That is not the definition of harassment. Turns out it's not even close. Did you even look it up before typing that out?
Here's a legal definition:
harassment
(either harris-meant or huh-rass-meant) n. the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex, a violation on the statutory limitations on collection agencies, involve revenge by an ex-spouse, or be shown to be a form of blackmail ("I'll stop bothering you, if you'll go to bed with me"). The victim may file a petition for a "stay away" (restraining) order, intended to prevent contact by the offensive party. A systematic pattern of harassment by an employee against another worker may subject the employer to a lawsuit for failure to protect the worker.
Here's a free dictionary definition:
ha·rass (hə-răs′, hăr′əs)
tr.v. ha·rassed, ha·rass·ing, ha·rass·es
1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings.
3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
ha•rass•ment (həˈræs mənt, ˈhær əs-)
n.
1. the act of harassing.
2. the fact of being harassed.
Here's a Miriam-Webster definition:
Full Definition of harass
transitive verb
1
a : exhaust, fatigue b (1) : to annoy persistently (2) : to create an unpleasant or hostile situation for especially by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct
2
: to worry and impede by repeated raids <harassed the enemy>
Here's a Vocabulary definition:
Harassment
1 the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
2 a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented