Sexual Harassment Attitudes Across Generation and Gender: Troubling Differences Between Male and Female Views

Abstract

This paper discusses original research and data from 4,598 survey participants who offered their
attitudes towards the duty of employers to proactively eliminate sexual harassment, and their feelings towards the creation of a Sexual Harassment Officer, a new position in the work environment. The findings indicate strong support for both among both males and females, and across age categories. A trend was also found for females to favor both propositions more favorably than males did, with younger females tending to show more support than older females. Additionally, data has shown to exist that between 7.8% and 14.8% of the males (depending upon their age) did not indicate they felt employers had a duty to take proactive steps to eliminate Sexual Harassment.