ERIC Number: EJ804591
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0886-2605
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Graduate Students' Perceptions of Contrapower Sexual Harassment
Mohipp, Charmaine; Senn, Charlene Y.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v23 n9 p1258-1276 2008
This study compared the perceptions of 172 graduate students to traditional versus contrapower sexual harassment. Graduate students are a unique sample due to their dual role as a student and a teacher. After controlling for attitudes toward feminism and sexual harassment, participants viewed contrapower sexual harassment as less indicative of sexual harassment than traditional sexual harassment. Those with teaching experience perceived the scenarios provided as more indicative of sexual harassment than participants without teaching experience, and this effect was magnified for males. These findings suggest that people take sexual harassment less seriously in contrapower sexual harassment than in traditional sexual harassment. Furthermore, it is possible that teaching experience makes graduate students more aware of the complicated power differentials involved in classroom settings. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Sexual Harassment, Student Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Social Status, Power Structure
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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