SEXUAL HARASSMENT STATISTICS
September 23, 2019
Eight in 10 Women Say Sexual Harassment, and a Third Say Sexual Abuse.
More than half of U.S. women have experienced unwanted and inappropriate sexual advances from men, three in 10 have put up with unwanted advances from male co-workers and a quarter have endured them from men who had influence over their work situation.
Those results in a new
ABC News-Washington Post poll show the vast extent to which women encounter inappropriate sexual conduct from men across U.S. society, marking the allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as merely the latest public eruption of a far broader and deeper problem.
As can be expected, emotions were also polled as to how the victim's felt after their experience and they fell into shame, guilt, intimidation, and anger.
It's time we establish some new rules for the workplace!
Sexual harassment: How it stands around the globe
Sexual Harassment is a global problem and it will take fundamental changes in social norms surrounding gender relations. Here are recent statistics from around the world.
Sexual harassment: How it stands around the globe.
Fast Food Industry
The statistics of sexual harassment in the fast food industries are especially alarming. If women complain, they often face negative consequences from their supervisors or employers, including loss of preferred hours and their jobs. Hart Research Associates issued
key findings in October of 2016, stating in part that two in five women have been subjected to sexual harassment on the job.
Domestic Violence
Every day, more powerful men are facing allegations of misconduct in the working environment. The spectrum of bad behavior ranges from no touching, to unwelcome advances (such as groping, unwanted touching, and forced kisses), inappropriate sexual language, and oral sex. The statistics are overwhelming and affect almost all work industries. More troubling are the national statistics of domestic violence. Check out this
recent survey from the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
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