&gt; What often happens is that the person who reports harassment is then punished because people no longer want to talk to her. They keep her out of the loop on casual stuff, but lots of professional discussions happen in casual contexts. Over time, she gets iced out for reporting illegal behavior.<p>I think this really depends on your team dynamic, and I wouldn&#x27;t necessarily be concerned about this point (as valid as it is.)<p>On my team, I know if this happened, the person who reported the harassment would be totally supported.  Inappropriate advances like that are just totally not tolerated, and if anything, the team would feel MORE comfortable knowing that their teammate doesn&#x27;t stand for that crap.  There&#x27;d be no shunning here.  But of course YMMV.