Aug 17, 2009

Female Managers Face More Harassment

Female supervisors are significantly more likely to be sexually harassed at work than women who do not oversee others because male co-workers target them as a way to equalize power in the office, say the authors of a new study on gender and workplace control.

Nearly 50 per cent of women supervisors surveyed reported sexual harassment in the workplace, compared with one-third of women who did not manage others.

Male co-workers, clients and supervisors appear to be using harassment as an equalizer against women in power, consistent with research showing that sexual harassment is less about sexual desire than about control and domination.

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