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- Title
Sexual Harassment in Public Places: Experiences of Canadian Women.
- Authors
Lenton, Rhonda; Smith, Michael D.; Fox, John; Morra, Norman
- Abstract
Researchers have expended much effort studying sexual harassment in the workplace and universities. Together with legal experts, they have conceptualized sexual harassment as a human-rights issue: a form of sexual discrimination that typically occurs in relationships of unequal power. Our research, based on a 1992 survey of 1,990 Canadian women, suggests sexual harassment is also prevalent in public places such as streets, transit systems and malls. We supply rare data about sexual harassment in public places by examining the types, frequency, and severity of harassment; the characteristics of women most likely to be harassed; the theoretical implications of public harassment; women's responses to harassment; and its emotional and psychological effects.
- Subjects
CANADA; SEXUAL harassment; WOMEN; CRIMES against women; GOFFMAN, Erving, 1922-1982; SEX crimes
- Publication
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, 1999, Vol 36, Issue 4, p517
- ISSN
0008-4948
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1755-618x.1999.tb00962.x