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We've had the following in our rules for a long time:
"Sexual harassment is not tolerated."
Carrion Fields has no OOC channels (except a newbie help line), so there's rarely instances where players are targeted. (You usually don't know who is playing who anyway.) Like any rule, there's interpretation involved, and we're not out to lynch anyone who blows a kiss at a local lady.
As for drawing a line, we don't mind if a character is chauvinistic or otherwise has attitudes towards the other gender that wouldn't fly in a contemporary setting. The few times I've had to step in on matters like this have involved either:
1) A character repeatedly pressuring another character for sexual favors.
2) A character breaking role to try to harass the player about sexual issues.
In the first case, we don't want players becoming uncomfortable, and it's usually enough to just sit the aggressor down and explain that they need to cool off and plan other roleplaying. In the second case, we handle it like any other breach of role, like going OOC to threaten or curse out another character in a way that has no IC justification.
I've never had to deal with serious incidents, although over the years we've had a couple of sick puppies that needed to be removed from play for a while. Most of the time, it's basically overeager horny players desperate for attention or a relationship lead.
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