Gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment of female physicians are well documented. The #MeToo movement brought renewed attention to these problems. This 2020 study examined academic emergency physicians’ experiences with workplace gender discrimination and sexual harassment.
“The onus for the invocation of Title VII and other anti-discrimination protections falls upon the victims and targets of abuse. Our research and empirical evidence demonstrate that corporations need to make changes to improve the proverbial bottom line. The disclosures that companies do make lack useful information for users of financial reports.”
“Our research supports a new SEC reporting requirement for all publicly traded companies (and a best practices approach for all organizations). Arguably, corporations would save much more by getting ahead of sexual harassment cases, disclosing problems, and avoiding expensive Title VII and shareholder derivative lawsuits.”
Unmasking Sexual Harassment: The Empirical Evidence for a New Approach
A study released 2018, published in the American Psychological Association Handbook of the Psychology of Women, that provides a comprehensive look at sexual harassment research throughout the 21st century and suggests organizational solutions to sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment in work organizations: A view from the 21st century
Maeve Duggan, Pew Research Center: Online Harassment (2017)
This recent study shows that two-thirds of young adults ages 18-29 have been subject to some type of online sexual harassment, and this behavior disproportionately targets women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and those with disabilities
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The organization Stop Street Harassment has a helpful list of research and resources here.
