Distinctive Studies: Sexual Harassment In The Workplace

The lives of people such as Dudnik and Smith are so dissimilar to mine, they are almost foreign. Crawford (2012, p. 318) writes that women in male dominated professions are more likely to victims of harassment. The last occupation that comes to my mind when I read this would have been a scientist. I wrongfully assumed that people in such a distinguished arena, who are well educated, would not have to deal with this issue. To my unfortunate discovery, this oppression affects the multitudes of women in the workplace.

Additionally, the United States currently holds laws and statutes that protect men and women against sexual harassment. India and Japan have also put in place similar guidance to help handle sexual harassment. These laws needed to be put into place because pregnant women and young mothers in Japan get harassed daily at the workplace. People harass these women to quit their jobs. Another example of an employment issue within Japan, is maternity harassment.

In her article “How to be a Woman Programmer,” Ellen Ullman said, “I endured a client--a sweaty man with pendulous earlobes--who stroked my back as I worked to fix his system. At that moment I expected him to snap my bra.” She also described a man that kept interrupting her in a meeting saying, “Gee, you sure have pretty hair” (Ullman, 727). Although, obviously, some male employers in the field want to know if their employee male or female can do their job well and they will hire them based on that, according to a Computerworld interview, “We found that 63% of women in science, engineering and technology have experienced sexual harassment“ (Melymuka, K.). However, out of the seven women I surveyed at GRU, only one said that she was harassed.

Sarah Begley 12 December 2017 Sexism in the Workplace holds Women Back A workplace in today’s society is constantly developing and reconfiguring its ways. It is full of advancements that look to improve and expand its model to achieve greater success. With this goal for more success comes the forgetfulness of what a workplace should constantly maintain in the meantime. A workplace must maintain its responsibility to its employees to uphold a respectful and professional environment for all.

The article provided evidence of why sexual harassment happened in secondary schools and how sexual harassment happened in secondary schools. Those six types of the most upsetting unwanted incidents showed that sexual harassment is not far away from students’ life. In addition, girls and boys reported different people as perpetrators. For me, it’s a new perspective of researching the

INTRODUCTION. Sexism towards women in the workplace also known as occupational sexism is one of the oldest form of discrimination against women. Despite increasing campaigns on gender equality and feminist movements worldwide, working women continue to fight for equality especially in white-collar setings. Though there has been profound progress through the years, working women continue to face more challenges as compared to men both in the western as well as developing countries. Studies now show that the Equal Pay Act passed in the United States in 1963 to abolish gender based salary differences is not being enforced as women continue to earn less than their male counterparts in the same field (Campos,2015).

It is also noted that sexual harassment has indeed contributed to the incidence of depression, severe anxiety, and discrimination and productivity leading to high attrition rate. Scholars suggest the there is a need to develop insights regarding the social context of sexual harassment by which the factors affecting perception and tolerance of sexual harassment can be assessed effectively. Based on which the interventions and modules can be created for the prevention of SH and which is more relevant to the hospitality industry since sexual harassment as a social issue but at the same time it is unique to each industry or

The Effect of Sexual Harassment Reporting an incident of sexual harassment has changed drastically over the last few weeks (Noguchi). Allegations have started to cause some of the most powerful people to resign from positions of power or even get fired from their high status, well paying job. The newfound interest has developed the issue of whether sexual harassment is as widespread as the media is saying or if it is just being exaggerated to get attention. Sexual harassment needs to be talked about and solved because it causes harm to the everyone, can cause behaviors to expand and become more deviant, and is morally wrong. Many women are speaking out on sexual harassment currently and are being covered by the media.

Sexual harassment can be defined as an unwilling sexual act, demand some sexual favour from other individuals. (What is Sexual Harassment, 2013) There have 2 different forms of sexual harassment are described by the law of the United States there are sexual coercion and sexual annoyance. First and foremost, sexual coercion as known as ‘Quid pro quo harassment’, for a simple definition, it means an employer or managerial level exchange their sexual favour needs and wants with those employees with some advantages and benefits. For example, an employer would give advantages to employee who achieves their needs such as advancement, continue employment or increases their wages and salaries.

Women are overwhelmingly the victims of these actions, while men are nearly always the perpetrators. This can be proven when analyzing how women clearly do not experience equality in regards to gender hierarchy, the prevalent abuse of power by men in the workplace, and the underreporting of sexual violence and how it is rarely seriously prosecuted. In regard

“A new survey found that one in three women between the ages of 18-34 has been sexually harassed at work” says, Alanna Vagianos, in the article entitled, “1 In 3 Women Has Been Sexually Harassed At Work”, According To Survey. “The American Association of University Women defines workplace sexual harassment as any, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature” (Vagianos, A., 2015., p.1). The article also states that “Out of the women who said they’ve experienced workplace sexual harassment, 29 percent reported the issue while 71 percent did

Prevalent in many forms ranging from bullying, mistreatment, emotional abuse to molestation and coercing sexual relationships, it has a potential to severely cripple the productivity of a workplace. Lowered morale, increased stress, low self-esteem and dysfunctional personal relationships among the employees are all direct products of harassment and are all points of departure from the real purpose of workplaces. During my study of newspaper articles on the subject, I came across a range of reports greatly varying on the circumstances of the tort, the manner of harassment and the course of action after the report. For first impressions, as opposed to the common perception of workplace harassment being a class specific and limited occurrence, harassment can in fact be seen very frequently in every section and class of the professional society.

In addition to the previous issues experienced, sleep problems were labeled as yet another side effect, as a strong relationship was found between victims and sleep disturbances, due to stress and anxiety. Depending on the degree of the latter two problems, suicide might become an issue with the victims of sexual harassment. In order to save all women from their struggle on a psychological level, the discrimination experienced by women should be stopped as women suffer greatly from it. In order to save women from the chronic exposure to the painful side effects of sexual discrimination, gender

Discrimination means treating people differently or unfairly, these treatments based on their membership in a certain social group or according to their sex, race, religion or even their beliefs. Discrimination starts to appear late 17th century; it started against social classes in Great Britain and against race in America. According to social scientist, discrimination according to sex can be defined as biological or anatomical features such as: being male or female, but discrimination according to gender, defined as the characteristic properties of male or female. Sex discrimination in workplaces includes both types of discriminations. People who exposed to sex discrimination in their workplaces, tend to be different from their surrounding

More than half of the population of women have not told anyone about them getting sexually harassed, they become too worried about the embarrassment that they could potentially face or possibly cause more problems and anger from their attacker. In the workplace the “women reporting sexual harassment end up losing their jobs” (Gretchen Carlson 8:06). This causes most women to become too scared to report sexual harassment in their workplace because the outcome could turn into them losing their job. Often times when women report sexual harassment at work people usually do not believe them so they get fired for what people think considered lying or dramatic. Sexual harassment remains any sexual advance that makes someone feel uncomfortable, and with this act most people do not come forward.