Safety and female harassment issues in UK organizations

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ABSTRACT

This research provides information on the different types of (Sexual harassment at workplace) SHW experienced as well as the duration of its effects. Severity and impact were measured for various symptoms due to SHW, and information was gathered showing how SHW can affect whether victims quit a job or were fired once the harassment began. In addition, the study includes whether mental health counseling was sought due to SHW as well as why or why not counseling was sought. The study also provides information on the widespread problem of SHW as well as some of the many complex & actors that produce and affect the likelihood of SHW. Additional topics covered are the four sexual harassment (SH) stages that a victim may go through once the harassment begins, the commonplace silence that many SHW victims experience, and the importance of further research. Only women were included in this study due to the fact that the majority of abuse in our society is against females. The term "sexual harassment" was conceptualized as early as the 1970s by feminists in the United States. Up to that point in history, SH had not been labeled a problem and was not identified as a form of abuse.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Rationale1

Aims and objectives of the research2

Research question2

Key words2

Abbreviations2

Workplace sexual harassment3

Sexual harassment recognition3

Existence of sexual harassment (Identification of the issue)3

Sexual harassment and workplace (a historical perspective)4

Learning from practices4

CHAPTER3: METHODOLOGY9

Research Design9

Literature Search9

CHAPTER4: DISCUSSION10

Resolution of the SH issue at workplace10

Response importance for manager12

CHAPTER5: CONCLUSION15

Recommendations for managers16

CHAPTER1: INTRODUCTION

Background

Sexual Harassment Defined As a more subtle form of violence against women SH is known as the "secret oppression" that is broadly acknowledged as a condition of a working woman's life, let alone considered a crime. According to the Fair Employment and Housing Commission regulations, SH includes the following types of harassment which are used in the questionnaire of this author's survey: advances. 1. Unwanted sexual advances. 2. Offering employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors. 3. Making or threatening reprisals after a negative response to sexual.

Verbal conduct such as making or using derogatory comments, epithets, slurs, jokes, verbal sexual advances, or propositions. 6. Verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic verbal commentaries about an individual's body, sexually degrading words used to describe an individual, or suggestive or obscene letters, notes, or invitations. (Bantel, 2006, 107)

Rationale

Statistics is well established that in the UK, Women are ...