Sexual harassment in the workplace

AWARENESS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE 72% VS 55% of women register a high level of awareness of sexual harassment of men Overall men are less aware of the different forms of sexual harassment than women, with more men recording no level of awareness. EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE 54% 27% of people have experienced some form of workplace sexual harassment. of people have experienced harassment by their colleague, while 17% were harassed by their superior. 79% 12% had received threats of termination if they did not comply with the requests of the sexual harassers. of the victims are women; 21% were men. THE 4 MOST COMMON FORMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF THOSE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL HARASSMENT Being repeatedly addressed by terms that are unwelcome or offensive e.g. bimbo, darling (50%) Having someone "repeatedly stand very close to you/lean over you" (43%) Staring at body parts (39%) Comments on physical appearance (35%) Touched any part of the body (33%) EMOTIONS UPON EXPERIENCING SEXUAL HARASSMENT 60 55.1% 50 40 30 26.8% 28.3% 24.6% 20 15.1% 13.9% 12.5% 12.5% 8.1% 10 Afraid would lose job Afraid Angry Confused Guilty Resigned Wish had Wish Affected something could be done someone job to talk to AGE WHEN SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURRED 21.2% 17.3% Male 16.3% Female 13.5% 11.5% 10.7% 9.6% 7.7% 3.7% 1.9% 0.% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% UNDER 20 21 - 25 26 - 30 31 - 35 36 - 45 46 - 55 ABOVE 55 SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURS MORE AT SUPERVISORY AND EXECUTIVE LEVELS Women supervisors are 138% more likely to be sexually harassed at work when compared with women who did not hold supervisory roles. AWARENESS OF MECHANISMS FOR REDRESS WITHIN THE WORKPLACE 67% of people were not aware of any policies on sexual harassment INDUSTRIES WITH HIGH LEVELS OF Business, trade, banking and finance Education, lecturing and teaching SEXUAL HARASSMENT INCIDENTS Sales and Civil marketing Service Hospitality Miller Jackson Digital SOURCES: http://www.aware.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/AWARE_Research_Study_on_Workplace_Sexual_Harassment.pdf http://bangordailynews.com/2014/06/10/opinion/womens-confidence-problem-its-so-much-more/