Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Sexual harassment has become an issue of great social importance today. However, it is an invisible problem. This study aimed to investigate possible factors that influence the social perception on sexual harassment. In the first study, 177 participants read a sexual harassment scenario where a boss performs sexually harassing behavior towards a female worker. Then, participants answered the interest measures. In the second study, 65 participants read a harassment scenario where a teacher performs harassing behavior towards a student, and after that, participants answered the interest measures. Main results were that the more tolerance toward sexual harassment, myth acceptance and sexist attitudes had the participants, the more they attributed blame to the victim, and perceived the behavior as less harassing. Studies like this could help to create a bigger social conscience about sexual harassment, with the aim to detect and prevent this situation.
Source: Anuario de Psicología Jurídica
Institutions: Universidad de Granada, University of Kent
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2137687485