Perceived Sexual Harassment Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean Institution of Higher Learning

Dhlomo, Thelma; Mugweni, Rose; Shoniwa, Gwen; Maunganidze, Levison; Sodi, Tholene

doi:10.1080/14330237.2012.10820529

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“…In educational setting quid pro quo sexual harassment is said to occur when a superior (supervisor/lecturer) conditions the granting of an economic/academic reward upon receipt of sexual favours from a subordinate/student or effuse fear by threatened the subordinate/student if he/she refuses to submit to his request25–27. Females mostly fall prey of this type of sexual harassment.…”

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Sexual harassment and victimization of students: a case study of a higher education institution in South Africa

Oni¹,

Tshitangano²,

Akinsola³

2019

Afr H. Sci.

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Introduction Sexual harassment has been identified as a major public health problem that is hidden in most institutions/organizations. Objective This study assessed sexual harassment and victimization of students in a higher institution in South Africa. Methods A quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive design was used in this study. The target population was registered students of the higher education institution and the sample size was 342. Questionnaire was used for data collection and data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23.0 program. The basic principles of ethics were duly observed and the ethical clearance certificate was obtained prior to data collection. Results The findings revealed that 27 (17.3%) of the male and 47 (25.5%) of the female respondents (P = 0.047) had personally experienced unwanted touching. Two (1.3%) male and 5 (2.7%) female students admitted that they have been raped. Seventeen (10.8%) of the males and 19 (10.2%) of the females had been coerced to comply with a sexual relationship on campus. Conclusion This study shows that both male and female students on campus are experiencing different forms of sexual harassment.

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Sexual harassment and victimization of students: a case study of a higher education institution in South Africa

Oni¹,

Tshitangano²,

Akinsola³

2019

Afr H. Sci.

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“…However, in any specific context, it is hard to verify (or to second-guess) precise figures for a range of understandable reasons. Aside from the issue of behaviors not self-identified as GBV, as discussed above, many victims/survivors do not report their experiences to the authorities in their institution (Adams, Mabusela, & Dlamini, 2013; Dhlomo et al, 2012). Reasons for this include socialized acceptance of the “rape myths” and self-blaming (Gardner, 2009), absence and/or lack of trust in systems of redress, and fearing the educational/professional consequences that may result (Vohlídalová, 2015).…”

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“…In many developing countries, the prevalence of GBV in tertiary institutions has now become a matter of considerable concern. These countries include Ethiopia (Mamaru, Getachew, & Mohammed, 2015), Malawi (Kayuni, 2009), Nigeria (Imonikhe, Aluede, Alli, & Idogho, 2012), Zambia (Menon, 2015), Zimbabwe (Dhlomo, Mugweni, Shoniwa, Maunganidze, & Sodi, 2012), and Ghana (Britwum & Anokye, 2006).…”

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Experiences of Gender-Based Violence at a South African University: Prevalence and Effect on Rape Myth Acceptance

Finchilescu

Dugard

2018

J Interpers Violence

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Instances of gender-based violence (GBV) on university campuses are rarely reported to the authorities. This makes it difficult to gauge the prevalence of this problem, which in turn affects efforts for prevention. This article describes a university-wide online survey aimed at assessing, first, the prevalence of GBV experienced by the three sectors in the community-students, academic and research staff, and professional/administrative staff. Many of the findings concurred with research elsewhere-students were the predominant victims of GBV; men were the main perpetrators; and instances of rape occurred mainly when the victim/survivor was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In contrast to some of the more well-known U.S. surveys (e.g., Georgetown University), we found relatively few instances of students being exploited by staff members. Occurrences of contrapower harassment were also reported in our survey. The second aim investigated whether rape myth acceptance was related to experiences of GBV. We found that women who had these experiences were more rejecting of rape myths than women who had not had such experiences. The opposite was found for White men. White men who had experienced GBV were more accepting of the rape myths than those who had not had such experiences. It was suggested that this reflected a need for these male victims to establish their hegemonic masculine identity. In general, the level of rape myth acceptance was relatively low. This suggested that widespread victim-blame, and self-blame does not account for the low levels of GBV reports to officials. A limitation of the study was the relatively low response rate (1,350 respondents), which was likely caused by the student protests over university fees that were ongoing at the time of the survey. These protests caused considerable disturbance for all sectors of the university community.

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“…These results show that school is one of the most vulnerable areas of sexual harassment. In an educational setting quid pro quo, sexual harassment is said to occur when a superior (supervisor/lecturer) conditions the granting of an economic/academic reward upon receipt of sexual favors from a subordinate/student or effuse fear by threatened the subordinate/student if he/she refuses to submit to his request (Dhlomo et al, 2012). Similarly, due to male-dominated culture, the girl students have more chances to be victims of sexual harassment from their male peers in the school areas.…”

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Perpetrators and Common Places of Sexual Harassment Against Adolescent School Girls in Nepal

Gyawali¹

2020

J. Health Promotion

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The main aim of this study was to find out the vulnerable places of sexual harassment to the girl students and the persons involved in such unwanted behaviors. It was a mixed-methods study. Altogether 773 girl respondents were selected for obtaining quantitative data from Lalitpur and Rupendehi districts in Nepal. Similarly, 10 focus group discussions, 14 Key informant interviews, and eight In-depth interviews were conducted for collecting qualitative data. The result showed that male peers/ friends, teachers, neighbors/ relatives, and strangers were involved in sexual harassment. Frequency of verbal/gestural type of sexual harassment is higher from male peers and touching/pinching and sexual abuse/assault types of sexual harassment are more common from teachers and relatives. Sexual harassment frequently happens in public transport. In society, teachers deserve great respect and trust from parents and students. They have close access to girl students. However, such trust and closeness transformed into sexual harassment whereby accelerating sexual harassment. The higher incidence of sexual harassment at public transports might be due to the proximity and anonymity, which, in turn, results in high levels of sexual harassment and abuse with very little risk of social or legal consequences. The awareness program against sexual harassment and strong laws and order are essential and the judiciary process should be simple and victim-friendly that can reduce sexual harassment to girl students by various perpetrators at different domains in society.

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Perceived Sexual Harassment Among Female Students at a Zimbabwean Institution of Higher Learning

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Sexual harassment and victimization of students: a case study of a higher education institution in South Africa

Sexual harassment and victimization of students: a case study of a higher education institution in South Africa

Experiences of Gender-Based Violence at a South African University: Prevalence and Effect on Rape Myth Acceptance

Perpetrators and Common Places of Sexual Harassment Against Adolescent School Girls in Nepal

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