1995 Sexual Harassment Survey

Bastian, Lisa D.; Lancaster, Anita R.; Reyst, Heidi E.

doi:10.1037/t01781-000

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“…The United States Merit Systems Protection Board (1 995) survey of federal workers indicated that about 1 % of women and 2 1 % of men had been harassed by persons of the same gender and that 65% of male targets reported being harassed by a woman. Studies of sexual harassment among men and women in the United States armed forces show similar trends, where 51% of men and 2% of women have reported same-gender harassment, and 32% of men have reported being harassed by a woman (Bastian et al, 1996). In general, it appears that men are more likely than women to experience same-gender sexual harassment (Foote & Goodman-Delahunty, 1999;Waldo, Berdahl, & Fitzgerald, 1998).…”

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“…However, same-gender sexual harassment has been found to occur more often than was previously thought. For example, relatively high rates of male-to-male harassment have been reported in military settings (Bastian, Lancaster, & Reyst, 1996) and in public schools (Stratton & Backes, 1997), and an increasing number of same-gender sexual harassment cases are now coming before the courts (e.g., Foote & GoodmanDelahunty, 1999). Researchers also have begun to respond to this issue by including in their studies unconventional forms of sexual harassment, such as harassment of men by women as well as same-gender harassment ( e g , Frame, 1996).…”

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Students’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment: Is It Harassment Only If the Offender Is a Man and the Victim Is a Woman?

Runtz

O'Donnell

2003

J Applied Social Pyschol

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The present study investigated 3 potential sources of variability in university students' perceptions of sexual harassment in hypothetical professor-student scenarios: raters'gender, gender of the professor and student, and rater' own sexual harassment. Participants were most likely to identify the interactions as harassment when they involved a male offender and a female victim. They were less likely to label the behaviors as harassment when they occurred between members of the same gender or between a female professor and a male student. Women were more open to viewing the scenarios as harassment and men were unlikely to view the interactions between a female professor and a male student as harassment. Personal history of sexual harassment did not influence participants' perceptions.

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Students’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment: Is It Harassment Only If the Offender Is a Man and the Victim Is a Woman?

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O'Donnell

2003

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“…Specifically, 78 percent of women and 38 percent of men reported at least one experience of unwanted sexual behavior generally defined as sexual harassment and 6 percent of women and 1 percent of men reported at least one sexual assault experience during the past year [6]. Lifetime prevalence of military sexual harassment and assault are also high among female veterans who use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health services.…”

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Sexual harassment and assault experienced by reservists during military service: Prevalence and health correlates

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Abstract-The current investigation identified the genderspecific prevalence of sexual harassment and assault experienced during U.S. military service and the negative mental and physical health correlates of these experiences in a sample of former reservists. We surveyed a stratified random sample of 3,946 former reservists about their experiences during military service and their current health, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, somatic symptoms, and medical conditions. Prevalence estimates and confidence intervals of sexual harassment and assault were calculated. A series of logistic regressions identified associations with health symptoms and conditions. Both men and women had a substantial prevalence of military sexual harassment and assault. As expected, higher proportions of female reservists reported sexual harassment (60.0% vs 27.2% for males) and sexual assault (13.1% vs 1.6% for males). For both men and women, these experiences were associated with deleterious mental and physical health conditions, with sexual assault demonstrating stronger associations than other types of sexual harassment in most cases. This investigation is the first to document high instances of these experiences among reservists. These data provide further evidence that experiences of sexual harassment and assault during military service have significant implications for the healthcare needs of military veterans.

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“…The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) conducted the first Joint-Service, active-duty sexual harassment survey in 1988-89 (Martindale, 1990 (Bastian, Lancaster, and Reyst, 1996). Survey items measuring sexual harassment in 1995 Form B were largely based on work by Fitzgerald and were modeled after the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire (SEQ) developed by Fitzgerald, et al (1988).…”

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