The Hardship Faced by University Female Students in Sexual Harassment Events

Abstract

Sexual harassment is defined as a behavior of sexual violence, often happening when the assaulters outpower the victims, causing hardship for female victims to protest and resist. Women in universities who experienced sexual harassment are facing hardships in the expression of sexual harassment, the protest process, and stigma after harassment happened. The first hardship after sexual assault is aphasia, this may be due to both internal and external factors. The shame and self-loathing may be the internal factors, while external factors are the unjust treatment women received. This aphasia causes women to not fight back and the increasing rate of sexual harassment. Secondly, the dilemma faced by victims of sexual harassment is the dilemma of fighting for their rights. The protection of victims of sexual harassment is sufficient due to the less comprehensive law and the public behavior. Such insufficient protection causes female victims in college not to report the assaults they suffered. Finally, the hardship faced by female victims is the difficulty of protecting their reputation, stigmatization is the main hardship faced by female college students.