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| submission or rejection to harassment forms basis for work related decisions |
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| behavior creates hostile work environment |
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| Occupational characteristics |
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sexual harassment is more common in male dominated blue collar occupations
fields strongly associated with male gender sterotype
orgainzational standards for accpetable behavior |
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female
young and unmarried
lesbian women |
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| Occupational characteristics |
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sexual harassment is more common in male dominated blue collar occupations
fields strongly associated with male gender sterotype
orgainzational standards for accpetable behavior |
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| characteristics of offenders |
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negative attitudes toward women
hold traditional gender attitudes |
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| sex-role spillover theory |
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| allow gender roles to spill over to workplace and to influence their interactions with female workers-workplaces with unequal concentrations of women to men, me respond to women more as women then workers |
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| sexual harassment is seen as an abuse of power to gain sexual favors or to reinforce the imbalance in power |
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| internally focused responses |
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| responses that attempt to manage emotions and cognition associated with incidents ex: ignoring situation, blaming self |
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| externally focused responses |
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| responses that attempt to solve problems, avoiding harasser, asking them to sotp |
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20% girls and 5% boys
maj of cases involve male predator and female victim
more likely to:
depression
PTSD
low self esteem
behavioral and school problems |
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| false beliefs about rape that are widely held and that serve to justify male sexual aggression against women |
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thought to be a major unreported crime
only 20% of stranger rapes are reported
2% of date rapes reported
only 40% of victims define as rape
-less likely to define as rape if perp is known, drugs or alcohol is involved, or verbally coerced |
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| 8-14% of married woman happen more frequently in women |
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| young adolescent boys- 25% believ it's okay for a man to force sex on a woman if he has spent money on her ($7) |
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doesn't show up right away
happens in context
women are embarrassed
2.5 million women are victims
3% severally beaten
16% yearly
28% lifetime
42% of women in shelters violence is happening recently |
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grow up with violence
alcohol involved
high levels of anger/hostility
low self esteem |
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50% of emergency room visits
high rates of PTSD/depression/anxiety
why do they stay?
hope it will change
doesn't have freedom/no finances
scared that he will come after them
worried about kids |
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longitudinal study about domestic violence
2 types of batterers
Pitbulls-80%
slow to aggreviate, but once grabbed on, hard to let go, physiologically showed anger, fear of isolation
Cobra 20%-violent, dangerous manipulative, more likely to use weapon, physiologically showed calm |
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Lenore Walker
Tension Building
Battery
Reconciliation |
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physical, psychological, finacial, or neglectful acts that harm the health or welfare of an older adult and that occur in a relationship of trust
4% of older adults experience severe to moderate abuse a year
there is often fear of not being believed, and may want to protect the abuser
typical victim is woman over 75 living alone |
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