International perspectives on sexual harassment of college students: the sounds of silence.
The incidence, psychological dimensions, reporting, and impact of sexual harassment of college students throughout the world are reviewed. Special attention is paid to methodological constraints in conducting cross-cultural research in sexual harassment, including difficulty in securing research participants, different methodologies to collect incidence data, use of retrospective data, and varying, definitions of sexual harassment. Recommendations for implementing intervention programs are offered. The strategies suggested deal with the social causes that maintain the harassment, including renegotiating the balance of power between men and women.
Paludi
Michele
M
School of Management, Union Graduate College, Lamont House, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA. MPaludi@aol.com
Nydegger
Rudy
R
Desouza
Eros
E
Nydegger
Liesl
L
Dicker
Kelsey Allen
KA
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values / Q000208:ethnology*; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D016387:Women's Health