Non-sexist Sexual Humor as Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment

Otsri, Magi

doi:10.1007/s12119-019-09627-1

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“…Targeted policy, prevention and services has the potential to have significant and positive outcomes related to preventing SVSH (Gialopsos, 2017); nevertheless, graduate students are not often considered or invited to the "decision-making table" regarding campus-based efforts to address SVSH. Further, the graduate students in our study reported experiences of institutional betrayal (Otsri, 2020;Smith & Freyd, 2013) related to how their experiences of SVSH were handled, namely that their university failed to prevent sexual violence on campus through practices of inaction or omission, is complicit with instances of SVSH, and responds poorly when sexual violence occurs.…”

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confidence: 88%

Employees, Advisees, and Emerging Scholars: A Qualitative Analysis of Graduate Students' Roles and Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on College Campuses

Bloom

Sorin

Wagman

et al. 2021

Sexuality & Culture

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Sexual violence and sexual harassment (SVSH) are pervasive across university campuses. SVSH research rarely focuses on graduate students, who occupy unique positions within university settings due to their multiple responsibilities (e.g., teaching, research, mentoring), including managing unequal power dynamics with mentors and advisors. As part of a larger qualitative study, we sought to better understand SVSH generally and, when applicable, experiences of SVSH among graduate students on three campuses. Our primary research questions were: (a) How graduate students understand SVSH on their campus and whether they are at risk, (b) How graduate students navigate power dynamics that position them to experience SVSH, and (c) What graduate student-centered solutions and improvements can make campuses safer, more equitable spaces for all students. To answer these questions, we conducted 21 in-depth interviews and 8 focus group discussions with a diverse group of graduate students across various graduate programs. Using grounded theory and implementing student-centered approaches to data collection and analysis, we identified multiple themes, including graduate students’ uncertainty regarding SVSH on campus; and how power relations with faculty, combined with distrust of university processes, keep many graduate students silent about SVSH. Finally, employing graduate students’ suggestions, we offer recommendations for how universities can improve campus climate and SVSH resources for graduate students.

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confidence: 88%

Employees, Advisees, and Emerging Scholars: A Qualitative Analysis of Graduate Students' Roles and Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on College Campuses

Bloom

Sorin

Wagman

et al. 2021

Sexuality & Culture

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“…The first is often referred to globally as quid pro quo, which involves a negation action experienced for sexual compliance refusal [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. The second is often called a hostile sexual work environment [2,6,11,12], which involves sexual behavior that "has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment" [13] (p. 1). Sexual harassment does not belong in the workplace, and organizations should follow the law and proactively try to prevent it [14].…”

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confidence: 99%

Fear of Sexual Harassment Accusations: A Hidden Barrier to Opposite-Gender Mentoring in Taiwan?

Tudor,

Gapud,

Bajwa

2024

Behavioral Sciences

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While legal protections against sexual harassment are crucial, their implementation could have unintended consequences. This study explores the potential downside of these protections—fear of false accusations—and its impact on cross-gender mentoring in Taiwanese workplaces. Drawing on social exchange theory, we investigate how fear of accusations might discourage valuable mentoring relationships between men and women. Through an intercept survey, we examined whether these concerns may lead to reduced mentoring opportunities for women, potentially hindering their career advancement. We proposed new constructs and analyzed the model using SmartPLS 4.1. Our findings reveal a complex dynamic: fear of accusations does appear to decrease cross-gender mentoring, raising concerns about its impact on women’s career trajectories. However, the findings also suggest that men support sexual harassment laws, still believing these laws are needed. We discuss our model and its implications; additionally, we emphasize the need for strategies that balance legal protections while also fostering positive mentoring relationships.

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“…In addition to workplace sexual harassment, customer sexual harassment is a severe problem in Taiwan (Tseng and Kang, 2015). Customer sexual harassment can be categorized into two types: quid pro quo and hostile work environment (Otsri, 2020). Quid pro quo occurs when a harasser (a customer) exhibits unwanted sex-based behavior toward a victim (a service worker) in exchange for benefits.…”

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Customer power, perceived behavioral control, and life insurance salespeople's reactions to customer sexual harassment

Lin¹,

Tseng

2022

EDI

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PurposeSexual harassment is often the result of the abuse of power by perpetrators over victims. This study investigated the effects of customer reward power, customer coercive power, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and personal factors on full-time life insurance salespeople's intentions to report customer sexual harassment.Design/methodology/approachThis study collected quantitative data through questionnaire surveys. A total of 743 valid questionnaires were collected.FindingsTwo types of customer sexual harassment (quid pro quo and hostile work environment) were evaluated. PBC was found to be the most influential factor affecting whistleblowing intentions. Regression analysis indicated that customer reward power significantly affected whistleblowing intentions toward quid pro quo customer sexual harassment. The male salespeople experienced stronger customer coercive power than did the female salespeople.Originality/valueNot every society views customer power and customer sexual harassment in the same manner. By examining Taiwan's life insurance salespeople and including the concept of customer power, this study broadens the understanding of whistleblowing intentions toward the two types of customer sexual harassment.

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Non-sexist Sexual Humor as Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Employees, Advisees, and Emerging Scholars: A Qualitative Analysis of Graduate Students' Roles and Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on College Campuses

Employees, Advisees, and Emerging Scholars: A Qualitative Analysis of Graduate Students' Roles and Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on College Campuses

Fear of Sexual Harassment Accusations: A Hidden Barrier to Opposite-Gender Mentoring in Taiwan?

Customer power, perceived behavioral control, and life insurance salespeople's reactions to customer sexual harassment

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