Women Bosses More Likely to Face Sexual Harassment

Women bosses are more likely to face sexual harassment at work than females who are not holding supervisory positions, a study conducted by the university of Minnesota  has suggested.

The study, conducted at the university of Minnesota, says nearly half of women supervisors reported sexual harrassment commpared to a third of Women in lower positions at work.

The women were part of a 2003 and 2004 prospective study of adolescents that began in 1988 with a sample of 1,010 ninth graders in the Saint Paul, Min public school district who were checked up on with questions almost every year since the study began. The women were almost 30 years old when they were questioned in 2003 and 2004.

“This study provides the strongest evidence to date supporting the theory that sexual harassment is less about sexual desire than about control and domination,” said Heather McLaughlin, sociologist at the University of Minnesota (U-M).

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