What Would a "Reasonable Person" do? Exploring the Gap Between Experienced and Anticipated Responses to Sexual Harassment

Resumen

Victims of sexual harassment often do not formally report their experience. Current understandings of this focus on the procedural barriers to reporting rather than examining whether and how reporting meets the needs experienced by victims of sexual harassment. In the current work we document the repertoire of needs experienced by victims of sexual harassment and the actions they take to meet these needs. We compare the needs and actions victims describe with those that are anticipated by others who have not encountered sexual harassment. Results reveal a persistent gap between perspectives. People who have experienced sexual harassment report a wide range of needs and engage in a variety of actions to meet these needs. Safety and social support are prioritized over formal actions. Those who have not encountered sexual harassment anticipate having stronger needs, and taking more actions especially formal ones. The implications of these results for theoretical understandings and practical support for victims of sexual harassment are discussed.

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Dimitriou, E., Morton, T., & Barreto, M. (2022). What Would a "Reasonable Person" do? Exploring the Gap Between Experienced and Anticipated Responses to Sexual Harassment. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d6htm