Awareness Of Sexual Harassment Research Articles

Sexual harassment exposure among junior high school students in Norway: prevalence and associated factors.

Sexual harassment is common in most countries and cultures. Less is known about sexual harassment, its risk factors, and psychosocial outcomes among young adolescents. The aim of the study was to examine the 12-month prevalence of sexual harassment exposure, and sociodemographic and psychosocial factors associated with exposure among junior high school students in Norway. A comprehensive cross-sectional study was completed by 83,297 Norwegian adolescents in junior high school in 2021. Data on exposure to sexual harassment were used in combination with sociodemographic measures and psychosocial outcomes: depressive symptoms, loneliness, self-esteem, and well-being. Group differences were analyzed with Chi Square tests, and sociodemographic risk factors were analyzed with logistic regression. Psychosocial outcomes were assessed with multivariate and univariate ANOVAs, and dose-response relationships were assessed with linear regression. Among the adolescents, 32.6% had experienced sexual harassment during the past year. Girls had higher odds of exposure (OR: 1.90, 95% CI: 1.84-1.96), whereas adolescents whose parents had higher education had lower odds (OR: 0.95, 95% CI: 0.90-0.99). Exposure was associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms (partial η2 [ES] = 0.11) and loneliness (ES = 0.07), and with lower self-esteem (ES = 0.06) and well-being (ES = 0.06). Among exposed adolescents, more frequent exposure was associated with poorer outcomes. Exposure to sexual harassment affects one third of junior high school students in Norway. Those who are exposed have poorer psychosocial outcomes, and there is a dose-response relationship between exposure and outcomes. Awareness of sexual harassment among young adolescents, and interventions to prevent and reduce it, are needed.

Mediating Effect of Empathy in the Relationship between Awareness of Sexual Harassment and Coping with Sexual Harassment in University Students

Mediating Effect of Empathy in the Relationship between Awareness of Sexual Harassment and Coping with Sexual Harassment in University Students

Awareness Of Sexual Harassment Among Secondary School Students

Sexual harassment has gained global attention and has been recognized as a critical public health concern with significant negative impacts on victims ‘physical and mental health. This study aimed to find out the awareness of sexual harassment among secondary school students in Nawalparasi District, Nepal. The descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to find out the awareness of sexual harassment among secondary-level students in Devchuli Municipality, Nawalparasi. Students studying in grades eight, nine, and ten were identified from two conveniently selected schools out of the 12 private schools in the study area. In total, 150 students took part in the study, and every one of them completed the questionnaire in its entirety. Data entry and analysis were done in Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The obtained data we reanalyzed using descriptive statistical methods like frequency, percentage, mean, and chi-square to ascertain the relationship between the level of awareness of sexual harassment and the selected socio-demographic characteristics. The findings showed that, among 150 respondents, most (82.0%) had a good level of awareness regarding sexual harassment. According to respondents ‘suggestions for preventing sexual harassment (SH) can be stopped by enacting strict rules, regulations, and policies against those who engage in the practice (85.3%), running awareness campaigns about the issue (83.3%), and offering training on how to handle sexual harassment (75.3%).There was no statistically significant relationship between the level of awareness of sexual harassment and the selected socio-demographic variables. It can be recommended that schools conduct an ongoing sensitization program or awareness campaign to teach students about sexual harassment periodically.

Sexual Harassment against Female Nurses at Hospitals in Jakarta, Indonesia

Sexual harassment of female employees in the workplace is a pervasive problem, especially in hospitals that rely on nurses to deliver medical care through physical contact with several patients, therefore increasing their risk of sexual harassment. The purpose of this study is to examine the circumstances and experiences of sexual harassment against female hospital nurses in Jakarta, Indonesia. The research employed a qualitative, phenomenological approach, with eight informants participating in In-Depth Interviews and coding analysis. According to the subjects of the study, sexual harassment happened during work hours, making them victims. Sexual harassment can range from subtle to overt, from gestures to physical assault. The majority of perpetrators are male. While female nurses are providing medical treatment, visiting patients, or engaging in training, sexual harassment may occur. The findings point to preventative strategies such as policy development, training, and increasing public awareness of sexual harassment, as well as a coping strategy that involves assisting victims in reporting their experiences through an established grievance procedure system to reach a fair resolution.

Faculty diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic dentistry: Has dental education missed the call of #MeToo?

Faculty, students, and staff experience sexual harassment in the workplace and educational environment. Frequently, the victim takes no action either due to a lack of understanding of their rights or concern about retaliation or adverse outcomes if an incident is reported. The #MeToo movement has enhanced awareness of sexual harassment and its impact on victims. However, dental institutions vary in their approach to creating an environment free from harassment and supportive of individuals subject to inappropriate or illegal behaviors. In this article, four vignettes provide examples of harassment, mistreatment, or bias. Common themes and critical issues within the vignettes are then identified, discussing the potentially illegal, unethical, inappropriate, and unprofessional behaviors and comments. Strategies to address the issues identified are described. Recommendations are also provided to assist dental institutions and educators in evaluating their current practices and policies and implementing change.

Use of Film and PowerPoint Media for Awareness of Sexual Violence in Adolescents Through Group Guidance

The rapid growth and change in the world has encouraged the use of technology in various fields, including education and learning. Guidance and counseling in schools as part of the education system in Indonesia, uses technology to improve the quality of its services to students. This study aims to measure the effectiveness of using PowerPoint films and media in increasing students' awareness about sexual harassment through group guidance. Action research methods with one group pre-test and post-test and descriptive analysis were used to support the analysis of the results in this study. A total of fifteen students participated in this study. The results showed that the use of films and PowerPoint was effectively applied in group counseling services to increase students' awareness of sexual harassment.

Survei dan Identifikasi Faktor Awareness Mahasiswa IPB terhadap Perilaku Pelecehan Seksual dan Kekerasan Menggunakan Regresi Logistik Biner

The lack of public awareness of sexual harassment as well as physical and verbal abuse are still occurring frequently and becoming a concern in everyday life, especially for women. Sexual harassment is an unwanted behavior or attention from a perpetrator with sexual intentions that disturbs the victim(s). Abuse is a form of one person's action against another party that results in pain and changes both physically and psychologically. The purpose of this study is identifying the number of IPB University students that are aware on the act of sexual harassment and abuse, identifying factors that can affect awareness about it using binary logistic regression, and providing recommendations on how to increase the awareness of it. Majority of the respondents have awareness on both the act of sexual harassment and abuse, whether they have done it or not. In the logistic regression, gender and financial background of the respondents were significant factors of awareness in the act of sexual harassment, whereas in awareness of the abusive behavior, the respondents’ gender, hometown, the time amount of social media usage per day, financial background, and experience of being a victim of it factor significantly. Majority of the respondents suggest that education from various sources should be improved in order to raise awareness to the public. 

“Tell Me Sister” – Social Media, a Tool for Women Activists in Tajikistan

Abstract Instagram is the world’s most popular social media tool among people under 29, including Central Asian youth. Despite the growing authoritarian grip on print and online media, more and more Tajik women are opening up on Instagram to counter the pernicious narrative that blames victims of sexual harassment and violence for speaking out against their harassers and abusers. So far, there is little research exploring the extent to which women Instagram bloggers are successful in influencing the wider female public’s perception of sexual harassment and violence. I seek to fill this gap by analyzing whether Tajik women’s exposure to information on social networks influences their awareness of sexual harassment and violence. The following article contributes to the growing body of literature discussing the transformative forces of digital activism in Central Asia by exploring empirical data gathered through a nationwide survey in Tajikistan. The results reveal the emancipatory potential of digital activism.

Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias in Family Medicine: Divergent Experiences of Men and Women.

Awareness of sexual harassment (SH), gender bias (GB), and gender discrimination (GD) has spread throughout popular culture and has been highlighted at universities across the United States. More nuanced data is needed to inform policies that address these issues. However, there are currently limited qualitative studies examining the nature of SH, GB, and GD in academic medicine, particularly family medicine. In 2018, we conducted a series of gender-specific focus groups with faculty and residents in a department of family medicine (DFM) to understand their experiences with and responses to SH, GB, and GD. The focus groups were transcribed verbatim. We used immersion-crystallization and an adapted SH Experiences model to review the transcripts and identify patterns or themes during the immersion process. Participants identified the potential for patients, colleagues, faculty, and themselves as perpetrators and victims of SH, GB, and GD. Results suggested that GB was often implicit. SH was experienced verbally and physically. Women participants, especially, reported that both SH and GB occurred frequently and had lasting psychological effects. Gender, age, and position (faculty vs trainee) moderated SH and GB experiences. The effects seemed to be mediated by moral distress. This study emphasizes the importance of recognizing differences in experiences across gender, age, and position of SH, GB, and GD in academic family medicine. Our findings can be leveraged to develop antiharassment policies and set cultural expectations.

Sexual misconduct in medicine must end

In September, 2021 two UK surgical trainees called for more recognition and awareness of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape in the surgical profession.1 In response some women surgeons shared their own experiences of sexual harassment and assault.2 More than 3 months later, the Royal College of Surgeons of England apologised for what these women had experienced and stated it was “outraged and appalled”.3 The Times headlined the events a “Me Too moment for NHS as female surgeons speak out”.

Sexual harassment of religious Jewish nurses by patients and its relation to the ward's listening climate, care avoidance and quality of nursing care.

This study aimed to examine the associations between religious Jewish nurses' exposure to sexual harassment by patients, the ward's listening climate, the quality of nursing care and nurses' avoidance of therapeutic contact with harassing patients. A few studies have examined nurses' exposure to sexual harassment by patients, but this phenomenon has not been studied among religious Jewish nurses. This is a cross-sectional study of 85 nurses who study at a religious Jewish nursing school. Respondents completed self-administered structured questionnaires. Multiple regression analysis was performed to reveal antecedents of the quality of nursing care provided to sexually harassing patients. The more religious the nurses, the more they avoided therapeutic contact with harassing patients. The strongest predictor of reported quality of care for harassing patients was the avoidance of therapeutic contact. Forty-two per cent of the variance in reported quality of nursing care was explained by the employment type and by the avoidance of therapeutic contact, which was related to the nurses' level of religiosity. Nurses' level of religiosity is related to the quality of care provided to sexually harassing patients. Nursing leadership must raise awareness of sexual harassment by patients and develop policy and implementation programmes with sensitivity to religious nurses.

‘An a for a lay’: A governmental approach to the sex for grades discourse in higher education

Although #MeToo raised vital awareness of sexual harassment in higher education, conventional knowledge surrounding gender, sex and power in university life is often based on zero-sum analyses: one person holding and exercising power over another. Consequently, established conceptualisations of sexual harassment might fail to acknowledge how female students, compelled to operate within the male-biased environment of higher education, may, simultaneously, both resist effects of power and succumb to them. Based on 24 unstructured interviews with women in UK universities, this paper investigates the subjectifying effects of the apparently widely circulating discourse that female students in higher education may exchange sex with their male lecturers for higher grades. By utilising a governmental approach, it explores how knowledges of gender, sex and power in academia may be (re)produced and distributed, suggesting that students and lecturers hold multiple and complex subjectivities, guided and managed into understanding sex for grades in diverse, contradictory ways.

Toward an understanding of sexual harassment in neurosurgery.

The goal of this study was the creation and administration of a survey to assess the depth and breadth of sexual harassment across neurosurgery. A survey was created to 1) assess perceived attitudes toward systemic issues that might be permissive of sexual harassment; 2) measure the reported prevalence and severity of sexual harassment; and 3) determine the populations at highest risk and those most likely to perpetrate sexual harassment. Demographic information was also included to facilitate further analysis. The SurveyMonkey platform was used, and a request to complete the survey was sent to all Society of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) active and resident members as well as CNS transitional, emeritus, and inactive members. Data were analyzed using RStudio version 1.2.5019. Nearly two-thirds of responders indicated having witnessed sexual harassment in some form (62%, n = 382). Males were overwhelmingly identified as the offenders in allegations of sexual harassment (72%), with individuals in a "superior position" identified as offenders in 86%. Less than one-third of responders addressed the incidents of sexual harassment when they happened (yes 31%, no 62%, unsure 7%). Of those who did report, most felt there was either no impact or a negative one (negative: 34%, no impact: 38%). Almost all (85%) cited barriers to taking action about sexual harassment, including retaliation/retribution (87%), impact on future career (85%), reputation concerns (72%), and associated stress (50%). Female neurosurgeons were statistically more likely than male neurosurgeons to report witnessing or experiencing sexual harassment, as well as assessing it as a problem. This study demonstrates that neurosurgeons report significant sexual harassment across all ages and practice settings. Sexual harassment impacts both men and women, with more than half personally subjected to this behavior and two-thirds having witnessed it. Male dominance, a hierarchical environment, and a permissive environment remain prevalent within the neurosurgical community. This is not just a historical problem, but it continues today. A change of culture will be required for neurosurgery to shed this mantle, which must include zero tolerance of this behavior, new policies, awareness of unconscious bias, and commitment to best practices to enhance diversity. Above all, it will require that all neurosurgeons and neurosurgical leaders develop an awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace and establish consistent mechanisms to mitigate against its highly deleterious effects in the specialty.

Is Sexual Harassment An Issue In Malaysia? Level of Awareness among Workforce

The world has accomplished advancement in health workforce and wellbeing under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the goal comprises a healthy working environment and covering issues of harassment under human rights legislation. Nevertheless, the employees continue to suffer harassment in every part of the world. The SDGs' objective is to ensure that there is an end to every issue. Undeniably, many governments andorganizations claim to be tackling workplace harassment, and there are still a few billion employees who are the victims of harassment. This issue will not be solved unless awareness is given and policies introduced; therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the level of awareness in the Malaysian government and private organizations. A research instrument, namely, a questionnaire, was used for 150 respondents and yielded a response rate of 52% (78). The results revealed that the work environment is concerned about safety matters for the workforce and has an adequate level of awareness on sexual harassment; therefore, the correlation tests revealed a significant correlation between workplace environment and awareness of sexual harassment among Malaysian staff. In conclusion, the organization should enforce the policy to establish a more conducive workplace favorable to the employees.

Chinese International Student Sexual Harassment on U.S. College Campuses

The #MeToo movement has brought the issue of sexual harassment to U.S. college campuses. Most scholarly work in this area focuses on White American women with little information on international student experiences. Because sexual harassment is considered hush-hush (shi) and taboo, many Chinese international students may not question harassment behaviors they experience. For many Chinese women attending a U.S. university, their first public discussion may occur during student orientation. Thus, students come to college campuses with varying levels of awareness of sexual harassment. Given the growing number of Chinese international students, the purpose of this article is to provide an overview of their experiences and perceptions of sexual harassment. The article provides recommendations for university personnel working with international students.

Quid pro quo sexual harassment: Comparative study of its occurrences in selected institutions in South-West, Nigeria

• We empirically examined the prevalent type of harassments in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. • This study found that the types of harassment experienced within Nigerian tertiary institutions differs according to the institutional structure by either private or public. • Congruent with our hypotheses, the students’ awareness of sexual harassment has no relationship gender wise. • Comparatively, Nigerian Public Institutions experienced sex-for-marks more than the Private Institutions. Quid pro quo type of sexual harassment; an exchange of sex for benefits which could be career, economic, monetary or academic marks in case of tertiary institutions and that diminishes students’ right and impedes on their educational achievements or productivity. Sex for mark has become an issue of discussion in the Nigerian tertiary institutions in recent time due to its repeated occurrence. This survey empirically examines the prevalent type of harassments in the Nigerian tertiary institutions, whether the awareness of sexual harassment varies by gender and whether the type of institution differs in the perception of respondents about quid pro quo type of sexual harassment. In sourcing for information, the empirical methodology was adopted, involving quantitative and qualitative methods of research. Three hundred and fifty five (355) respondents were selected from private and public owned tertiary institution for the survey and the result revealed that majority of the respondents in public institutions (42.4%) reported that sex-for-marks was common in the school, when compared with the private institutions where majority (39.9%) had no idea. The study recommends that the characteristics of victims of sexual harassment within tertiary institutions be investigated to avoid risk of such exploitation.

Caught in the wave

The reception of the international #MeToo movement in Portugal has been complex and controversial. Issues of injustice regarding sexual harassment and sexual violence were always central to feminist organizations in Portugal, but the salience of these issues increased when women started to share their personal stories under #MeToo, the country’s favorite soccer star was accused of rape, and after some polemic court rulings. This paper uses a Black Feminist Thought approach and content analysis of newspaper data, to trace the political process feminist movements engaged in regarding gender-based violence. It also analyzes how #MeToo movement contributed to the visibility and framing of the issues, what collective actions were pursued, and what outcomes were achieved. The fi ndings show that the globalized #MeToo movement has contributed to revitalize the Portuguese feminist movement. New, younger, and more diverse members have joined its ranks, new feminist organizations were created, new frames were applied, and several collective actions organized, mostly in protesting court decisions. This vitality led to a more inclusive and intersectionalactivism, but also to an increasing awareness of sexual harassment and sexual violence as targets of personal, collective, and institutional change.

Perception, Prevalence and Awareness of Sexual Harassment among University Students in Abbottabad

Policy guidelines against sexual harassment in institutions of Higher Learning were introduced in 128 public sector universities across Pakistan in January 2011. However, there has been an increase in the number of reported cases of sexual harassment that became prominent in mainstream media, so the institutional mechanism and the official definition of sexual harassment still needs a lot of clarity. The study aims to investigate the perception, prevalence and awareness of sexual harassment among university students along with possible causes of underreporting of the incidents of sexual harassment. Stratified random sampling and purposive sampling were used for data collection from students and members of sexual harassment committees respectively. The research findings revealed that sexual harassment at campus is a common phenomenon although majority of the cases go unreported owing to different institutional and cultural constraints. Instead of reporting to university administration, students adopt self adjustment mechanism by reducing the stay at campus or reducing the possibility of contact with males. There is dire need of more awareness sessions about what is sexual harassment and what students can do to deal with it.

Scenario-Based Training for Sexual Harassment Prevention

Although laws have been enacted both to prevent sexual harassment (SH) and to prosecute those who engage in it, the issue remains a matter of concern in the workplace. A variety of training programs have been developed to address SH, but their effectiveness has been called into question. Using a scenario-based activity, we directly assessed the impact of various training approaches on undergraduate and graduate students’ perceptions of SH. A comparison of pre- and post-measures indicated that the scenario and associated activities yielded post-session shifts in awareness of SH. Differences were found between undergraduate men and women and between undergraduates and graduates, with no gender differences observed among the latter.

It's OK to Ask for Help: Destigmatizing Mentoring for Junior Surgeons.

It's OK to Ask for Help: Destigmatizing Mentoring for Junior Surgeons.