“sexual-harassment” Charts
Declining Rates of Sexual Violence Against Women »
Sexual violence includes either completed, attempted, or threatened rape or sexual assault. These rates are declining for women aged 12…
Sexual Harassment: Speak No Evil »
For secondary-school students, the action most taken by victims of sexually harassment is no action. This is especially the case…
Sins of Society: Attributes that Attract Sexual Harassment »
For secondary school students, girls who are considered pretty or especially developed compared to their peers are highly at risk…
Fewer Sexual Harassment Charges Being Filed »
The number of sexual harassment charges decreased by 28% from 1997 (15,889 charges) to 2011 (11,364 charges). In 2008, the…
Street Harassment Is Not A Compliment »
In fact, street harassment actually makes most women angry. A separate survey conducted by the nonprofit Hollaback! found that the…
Street Harassment More Likely To Affect LGBT Community »
For example men who identified as gay, bisexual or transgender experienced more harassment than did heterosexual men, typically in the…
Girls Face Sexual Harassment in Schools »
83% of girls between the ages of 12-16 who attend public school in the United States have experienced some form…
Police Response to Sexual Violence Against Women: 2005-10 »
In most cases of sexual violence against women, police responded by taking reports. However, other actions taken were in the…
Sexual Harassment in High School with Most Negative Effects »
The most common reason students give for sexually harassing other students is "it's no big deal" (44%) and "it was…
Sexual Harassment: Method to the Madness?? »
Roughly half of all 7th-12th graders experience sexual harassment in a single year, with 80% experiencing it sometime in their…
Unsafe Universities: A Sexual Harassment Haven »
Sexually harassment is extremely prevalent in American colleges and universities, with nearly two-thirds of both male and female students reporting…
Reported Sexual Violence Cases Against Women »
The percent of sexual violence cases against women that were reported to the police spiked in 2003. At this point…
Weapon Use in Sexual Violence Cases Against Women »
A large majority of sexual violence cases against women were not committed with the use of a weapon. This has…
Sexual Harassment: See No Evil »
While only 12% of students who witnessed sexual harassment admitted to doing nothing, less than a quarter told a person…
Was It Considered Sexual Harassment in 1980? »
In 1980, less men than women considered these forms of harassment to actually constitute sexual harassment. For certain behaviors like…
More Sexual Harassment Charges Have No Reasonable Cause »
The percentage of sexual harassment charges with no reasonable cause to believe that there was discrimination has increased from 41.4%…
How do sexual harassment charges get resolved? »
In the majority of sexual harassment cases (53%), it is determined that there is no reasonable cause to believe that…
Sexual Harassment Charges Filed By Gender »
Since 1997, women have consistently outnumbered men in the number of sexual harassment charges they file each year.
Male Share of Sexual Harassment Charges Filed is Increasing »
The percentage of sexual harassment charges that are being filed by males has increased from 11.6% in 1997 to 16.3%…