How Does The Type of Job Impact How People View Sexual Harassment?
Disciplines
Personality and Social Contexts | Psychology | Social Psychology
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Past research on prototypes of sexual harassment has focused on the prototypes people have of victims. Specifically, people tend to think a sexual harassment victim is a young, feminine, White woman. There has been very little research examining how the type of job/career the victim has impacts perceptions of sexual harassment. Given that sexual harassment is prevalent across job types, we were interested in examining how the job itself may impact perceptions of sexual harassment. We had participants read about different types of sexual harassment (e.g., unwanted groping, unsolicited sexual photos, unwanted romantic attention) and manipulated if the job the victim has was either a feminine job (e.g., housekeeping, teacher, nurse) or a masculine job (e.g., plumber, school police officer, emergency response technician [EMT]). By better understanding how a setting can impact people’s perceptions of sexual harassment, we can help create interventions and informational guides to remove these additional barriers some sexual harassment victims may face. .
Academic department under which the project should be listed
RCHSS - Psychological Science
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Danica Kulibert
How Does The Type of Job Impact How People View Sexual Harassment?
Past research on prototypes of sexual harassment has focused on the prototypes people have of victims. Specifically, people tend to think a sexual harassment victim is a young, feminine, White woman. There has been very little research examining how the type of job/career the victim has impacts perceptions of sexual harassment. Given that sexual harassment is prevalent across job types, we were interested in examining how the job itself may impact perceptions of sexual harassment. We had participants read about different types of sexual harassment (e.g., unwanted groping, unsolicited sexual photos, unwanted romantic attention) and manipulated if the job the victim has was either a feminine job (e.g., housekeeping, teacher, nurse) or a masculine job (e.g., plumber, school police officer, emergency response technician [EMT]). By better understanding how a setting can impact people’s perceptions of sexual harassment, we can help create interventions and informational guides to remove these additional barriers some sexual harassment victims may face. .