SOC341H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Victimisation, Blue-Collar Worker, Anita Hill
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Test 2: 45% from lecture, 55% from readings. Study found 58% of women experience sexual harassment) These forms of sexual harassment can occur in varying degrees of severity. (reading about police officer whose male co-worker would call her house to have casual conversations) A lot of times, sexual harassment is hidden in meaning that if you were to say something. Perpetrators often vague enough to leave their (sexual) remarks open for interpretation. Sometimes women do not know they are being sexually harassed. Landmark study by diane crocker and valerie kalemba (1999) Sample consists of 1990 canadian women between 18 and 65 years old. 56% of canadian working women experienced sexual harassment the year before survey. 3 most common forms of sexual harassment: starring, jokes or remarks about women in general and jokes about the respondents themselves (61% effected over total lifetime)
