Sexual and gender harassment at university
Experiences and perceptions of australian women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11510313 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jill R Gardner (0000-0002-0086-1543, Monash University, corresponding author), Jill Gardner (Monash University), Felicity Allen (Monash University) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 210-216 |
| Publication date | 1996-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Psychologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0005-0067 • E-ISSN: 1742-9544 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00050069608260208 |
| OpenAlex | W2005839735 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
The present study investigated women students' experience and perceptions of sexual and gender harassment on a university campus, using an adapted version of the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire. Although only 31.7% of students perceived that they had been sexually harassed, 91.3% reported at least one form of behaviour which could be perceived as sexually harassing: 88.1% from students and 53.2% from academics. Academics mainly engaged in gender harassment. Behaviours which students perceived as sexually harassing were students making unwanted attempts at establishing a sexual relationship, academics and students making sexist remarks about women's behaviour and career options, and students making crude or offensive sexual remarks. Students were more likely to perceive that they had been sexually harassed by academics than by students when sexist remarks about women's behaviour and career options were made, lending partial support to the hypothesis that hierarchical level of relationship influenced students' perceptions of sexual harassment. This finding suggests that academics' opinions about women carry more weight than those of fellow students, so academics should consider them carefully and resist the temptation to indulge in “throwaway lines” or jokes, however harmlessly they may be intended
Harassment · Offensive · Perception · Political science · Respondent · Temptation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying
Interpreting social-sexual behavior in a work setting
Sexual Harassment
The incidence and dimensions of sexual harassment in academia and the workplace
The influence of individual characteristics and severity of harassing behavior on reactions to sexual harassment
Women's perceptions and labeling of sexual harassment
Sex differences in levels of tolerance and attribution of blame for sexual harassment on a university campus
Students' experiences of sexual harassment at a small university
Sources of variability in perceptions of and responses to sexual harassment
Perceptions of sexual harassment in an academic context
Sexual victimization among sorority women
The lay person's understanding of sexual harassment
Male and female responses to ambiguous instructor behaviors
Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination
Defining Sexual Harassment on Campus
The Empirical Basis for the Reasonable Woman Standard
Using Surveys to Assess the Prevalence of Sexual Harassment
The Factorial Survey
Why Didn't She Just Report Him? The Psychological and Legal Implications of Women's Responses to Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |