The Emotional Consequences of Gender-Based Abuse in the Workplace

Disability Harassment: A New Term for a Long‐Standing Problem

“…Therefore, the effects of sexual or gender-based harassment are used here as a model for understanding the possible psychological consequences of disability harassment. According to Hamilton, Alagna, King, and Lloyd (1987), some experts on gender-based harassment believe that people cannot be seriously harmed by verbal harassment, as long as physical violence does not occur. They dispute this belief on the basis of the weight of psychiatric theory and the continued devaluation of women in American society.…”

Adolescents at Work

“…These results beg the question of whether students are affected similarly by negative work conditions, and if so, how? variety of symptoms that include decreased self-esteem and selfconfidence, anger, irritability, social isolation, helplessness, anxiety, depression, tension and nervousness (Fitzgerald, 1993;Frazier & Cohen, 1992;Gruber & Bjorn, 1986;Gutek & Koss, 1993;Hamilton, Alagna, King, & Lloyd, 1987;Schneider, Swan, & Fitzgerald, 1997;Terpstra & Baker, 1991), fear of rape (Holgate, 1989), and increased fear of crime in general (Junger, 1987). Gutek and Koss (1993) proposed a posttraumatic stress disorder model for understanding the mental health consequences of sexual harassment for adults.…”

Men’s Empathic Bias, Empathic Inaccuracy, and Sexual Harassment

“…This sexual harassment creates substantial stress and fear that is likely to deter women from pursuing opportunities otherwise available to them. Sexual harassment may also reduce work productivity and precipitate expensive litigation (Hamilton et al 1987;Loy and Stewart 1984;Paludi and Barickman 1991). In addition to occupational concerns, the potentially severe negative effect of sexual harassment on the victim's psychological and physical health are well documented (Charney and Russell 1994;Rederstorff et al 2007).…”