This paper examines the changing nature of attitudes toward and reports of sexual harassment using data for 1978–94 drawn from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (USMSPB) of the U.S. federal government. The authors find that although unwanted sexual behavior reported by federal government employees changed only slightly in overall incidence over the period, its pattern changed noticeably. ...

sexual harassment as a form of harassment based on sex, which is conceptualized significant effects on victims. one of mlmvs tryn these effects create insecurity for women in business and academic environments, public places and other social-sector. women form half the population, on a daily basis astrs ha and problems faced due to sexual harassment dumped into the psychological and sociologica...

Bergman, E. & Henning, J. (2008). Sex and ethnicity as moderators in the sexual harassment phenomenon. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 13 (2), 152-167. Retrieved September 5, 2008, from EBSOhost database. This article presents research which argues that sex and ethnicity moderate the influence of organizational sexual harassment climate on sexual harassment. This study uses a sample ...

Among those claims that trivialize true sexual harassment is a type that the author has come to recognize as factitious (i.e., prompted by the lure of victim status). Women who file factitious sexual harassment cases usually voice their allegations in a very convincing manner and, in the presence of contradictory findings, present a diagnostic challenge. Forensic clinicians must be able to reco...

This purpose of this paper is to identify risk profiles of youth who are victimized by on- and offline harassment and to explore the consequences of victimization on school outcomes. Latent class analysis is used to explore the overlap and co-occurrence of different clusters of victims and to examine the relationship between class membership and school exclusion and delinquency. Participants we...

Sexual discrimination and sexual harassment have been receiving increasing attention. Women who are subject to this harassment often find themselves under severe psychiatric stress. Because there is an increased economic, as well as personal, need to work, women often find themselves trapped in a very stressful situation. The forensic psychiatrist working in this area must be aware of the vario...

A comparison of the impact of bullying and sexual harassment on five school outcomes was conducted on a sample of high school students. Results revealed that sexual harassment was a stronger predictor than bullying of all school outcomes for both sexes, but especially for girls. This study suggests that sexual harassment, which activates sexist and heterosexist stereotypes, erodes school engage...

This Comment compares the development of sexual harassment law in the United States and India. It strives to contribute to this global feminist debate by highlighting the successes and failures of each country’s respective anti-harassment protections. It also compares the United States’ and India’s legal approaches to the problem of workplace sexual harassment. The Comment also discusses the su...

The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the effect of the patterning of workplace bullying and harassment over two time points (chronic, remission, onset, and never) on psychological and physical stress reactions. The subjects were 543 workers at welfare facilities for the elderly in Japan who completed a self-administered questionnaire at Time 1 (from August to September, 2009...