Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Sexual Harassment in the work place is one of the leading causes of early termination and is highly responsible for employees in the work place abruptly quitting. ... Why do so many people tolerate sexual harassment and for the most part do nothing about it? Do mostly mostly men or women perpetuate sexual harassment? What exactly is considered sexual harassment? ... It was interesting to see how they thought about sexual harassment. The men’s ideas about the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace were a bit prejudicial. When surveyed in a 6:2 ratio, most men thought that sexual harassment had to be physical and not verbal, whereas the females thought mostly verbal. ... Her response was, “that harassment is verbal when sexual innuendos are stated, and physical when a man engages in an inappropriate touch or even looks at you in such a way to make you feel as though he where undressing you with his eyes.” When both were asked if they report sexual harassment, the answers varied greatly. ... We conducted another survey at another jobsite where the views about sexual harassment were significantly and surprisingly similar. ... A large majority of the entire group surveyed felt that men were most often the initiators of sexual harassment. ... The one and only male to admit being a victim of sexual harassment just quit the job and moved on. ... Interestingly, the majority of men and women, over 70% felt strongly that prior offenses of sexual harassment should be disclosed on job applications and during job interviews, and 85% of all those surveyed felt that sexual harassment is mostly verbal as opposed to physical or both.