Studies on sexual harassment
Introduction
Sexual harassment is an unwanted behavior of sexual nature in the workplace, which makes the person feel offended, humiliated and/or intimidated.
As blackmail: when the victim is conditioned with the achievement of a labor benefit, increased salary, promotion or even permanence in employment, to access sexual connotation behaviors.
- Physics: physical violence, touching, unnecessary approaches.
- Verbal: comments and questions about aspect, lifestyle, offensive phone calls.
Sexual harassment is a very important issue to deal, some important points will be presented on sexual harassment
Developing
Sexual harassment can be defined as sexual insinuations, request for sexual favors or other unwanted verbal or physical contacts or wanting to create a hostile or offensive environment. It can also be seen as a form of violence against women (and men who can also be the object of sexual harassment) and as a discriminatory treatment. A key part of the definition is the unwanted word.
It is an unwanted behavior, which can be presented either at school, in the family, at work, etc. This refers to an inappropriate sexual hint towards a victim (woman or man and infants) can be presented in verbal, nonverbal, physical, psychological behaviors, among others. The stalker will have a direct or indirect objective which will be positioned in a situation of superiority, this leads to attempt against the victim’s dignity, intimidating her, humiliate her and this will be intended to create an insecure environment.
What can be cataloged as harassment?
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When one person harasses another with insinuations of a sexual nature, such as touching or struggling to have sex attempting against the dignity of the victim is already cataloged as a sexual harassment. Not only of this type can also be verbal, such as uncomfortable compliments, obscene words, and equal through electronic (cell phones) devices. We can also catalog the looks, which makes you feel uncomfortable, an example is when a woman goes to work with a something sexy man looks at her from head to toe and they even make uncomfortable comment.
How to identify sexual harassment?
Sexual harassment can be present in two ways:
- As blackmail: when the victim is conditioned with the consequence of a labor benefit (salary increase or employment belonging), to access sexual connotation behaviors.
- As a hostile work environment: in which behavior results in situations of intimidation or humiliations of the victim.
Sexual harassment occurs the social context in which the annoying observations or lascivious looks, the pulling of clothing or groining between two or several individuals who come to corrupt the intimacy of the victim, forcing to give an unwanted kiss where it can lead toTo physical damage, in the couple couples, confuse some crush with sexual harass.
Unwanted physical contacts, jokes and gestures;At work we can identify this type of harassment in the improper behavior of employees or bosses with eagerness to force sexual actions outside the work context. At school, rumors propagate, sharing pornographic material, as well as sexual insinuations between the same students and teacher who arrive attempts with integrity either one or both of them.
When this situation occurs, remain silent and let them remain harassed, only the probability of constant repetition will increase, that is why the best option is to ask for help, inform and know how to identify each of these signals and not confuse them with compliments orpretty smiles.
Areas of harassment
- Bullying
Flora took months to find.
Bullying is intimidation by public schools, private schools;The majority of cases are by teachers to students, affected students suffer psychological damage and sometimes physical damage;As can also be given among students, since between them bullying is done, children who suffer from this type of harass.
- Family harassment
Family harassment consists of vexatious and humiliating treatment towards a family member by the rest of the family, through rumorology. The rest of the relatives get the basis for criticism and rumors against the family.
Family harassment is something toxic that damages some family member, both with obscene words even infringing in his personal space or the family member, the rest of the family may or may not defend the one who is being affected, theAggressor feels superior to the victim, the injured party is intimidated, they get to have thoughts about suicide, since they do not support what happens to them in their family, they are afraid, their self – esteem is on the soils, and prefer to abandon theirhome.
- Harassment at work
Sexual harassment is a manifestation of power relations. Women are more exposed to being victims of sexual harassment precisely because they are in positions of less power, more vulnerable and insecure, sometimes they have lower self – esteem and less confidence in themselves. But they can also be harassment when they are perceived as competing for power. Therefore, sexual harassment affects women at all hierarchical levels and types of work.
Sexual harassment at work is presented against women, either by chief or managerSalary up to a better position, another way in which sexual harassment is manifested at work are intimidation towards the victim, sexual harassment can not only be physical but also verbal and nonverbal The physical sexual harassment is from a friction or aunnecessary approach, the verbal manifests himself by asking uncomfortable questions and the nonverbal manifests himself with whistles or gestures. But sexual harassment in this area not only gives the chief to the employee but also of the clients the employee, the harassment of the client towards the employee,
Sexual harassment: victim, stalker and consequences
- THE VICTIM
Both men and women are subject to sexual harassment, although studies highlight that May -ía are women. With respect to men, those who suffer greater harassment are young, homosexuals and members of ethnic or racial minorities.As already mentioned, we can all be victims of harassment, according to studies they reveal that this behavior is mainly suffered by the female gender, however there is another genre that is also at constant risk is the male, no one is protected from this behavior.
Women unfortunately suffer from a stereotype, ‘independent women’ ” powerful, unfortunately this has harmed us in a certain way, these types of brands have created a new point of weakness in the female gender, it should be noted that harassment at work has hadAn increase considerably.
Without neglecting the male gender the stereotype that drags mainly in the homosexuals ‘gay’ ‘fag’ the preferences of all beings are decision of each one, however, these types of people suffer from constant harassment.
Men and women together can suffer from harassment, we refer to ethnic groups, they have constant contact with the exter.
Victims of sexual harassment have a certain characteristic that make them more vulnerable.
Most of the time these types of people show an obvious inability to face situations, many oftenThey are affected reduces their productivity, they are very shy and most of the time they have a hard time having an affective relationship.
They do not always present this type of characteristics, simply the harassed chooses their victims.
- THE STALKER
The person who violent or harassments in the workplace, school and family can manifest itself in a horizontal relationship, that is, a partner who is in similar work circumstances, or, in a vertical relationship, with respect to a superior, because being treatedof a gender or sexual motivation.
The stalker as mentioned before chooses his victim according to his tastes, although there are particular cases where victims are more vulnerable people, that is, "weaker people".
Stalkers usually opt for physical contact and observe every movement of their victim, however, there are studies that reveal that stalkers most of the time have a psychological disorder since when they harass for the first time they return to fall on this type of behavior.
The stalker usually creates situations where companionship breaks, sends several signs where he tries to get the attention of his victim, threatens and violent his victim.
- Damage and consequences
The victim presents several consequences that in the worst case can be together:
- Partial or complete loss of self – esteem.
- Stress
- Demotivation
- Decrement in productivity levels (at work, at school)
- They sometimes affect the economy.
- In the worst case they live in violence, threats.
conclusion
At present, sexual harassment is very present, at work, schools, transportation, on the street and sometimes it is also presented in the same family, it is very important to touch this issue because the figures of sexual harassment are worrying that every time They are increasing, sexual harassment is a behavior that leads you to intimidate people but it is not only an intimidation but it is also discrimination in gender and a form of violence, this research is intended to find the consequences of this social problem , people who suffer from sexual harassment are young people, single or divorced women, this is one of the main factors by which sexual harassment is presented, when people are in difficult times are more sensitive, sexual harassment is caused By people who believe they are superior to others or people who have a greater position such as managers, owners, suppliers to these people are known And as stalkers who get to blackmail their victims with an increase in salary or a better position at work, but not only shows up managers but also presents between coworkers or customers sexual harassment not only presents At work but also in school or family, in school it is presented when a teacher is hinted at his students or his coworkers, but not only of the teachers or managers cause sexual harassment but also of the students to the teacher In the house, sexual harassment is more difficult to be noticed because it is an environment that generates security, people who suffer from sexual harassment have low self – esteem are more vulnerable and insecure, sexual harassment can be presented verbally this occurs with a whistle with a whistle or uncomfortable comments also physically show up with a caress or forced kisses.
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