The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Military Personnel: Is It the Same for Men and Women?

• DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp1103_5
• Publication Date: 2006-01-25T09:04:34Z
• Authors: Vicki J. Magley; Craig R. Waldo; Fritz Drasgow; Louise F. Fitzgerald
• Keywords: Harassment

AbstractResearch in the civilian workplace has documented serious psychological, health-related, and job-related outcomes of sexual harassment women by men. The question whether men experience similarly more recently been proposed (CitationBerdahl, Magley, & Waldo, 1996; CitationPopovich, Campbell, Everton, Mangan, Godinho, 1994; CitationVaux, 1993; CitationWaldo, Berdahl, Fitzgerald, 1998; CitationWaldo 1996), resulting considerable debate regarding not only extent such experiences but also sex offender. This study directly compared for utilizing data from CitationU.S. Department Defense's (1995) recent gender issues survey. results both linear quadratic regression analyses indicate that within range similar experiences, exerts a negative effect on male female personnel ways 3 sets outcomes: health, job-related. Three differences emerged, however, suggesting differential women. First, were likely to have sexually harassed than Second, experienced at higher frequencies did men; impact women, individually as group, is thus considerably pronounced. Finally, almost always somewhat behaviors Notes1 As case oftargets (see CitationFitzgerald, Drasgow, 1999/this issue), terminology clear this area. Harassers seems suggest all incidents can be classified harassing psychological sense, perpetrators connotes severity may case. Thus, offenders, although still less perfect, used describe persons who are identified sources targets' experiences.