Moreover, each individual joke adds up over time, creating a work environment where men believe they’re entitled to degrade others and express lewdness without fear of consequence.
In the Times survey, men who admitted to telling sexual stories or jokes were about five times more likely to report engaging in other harassing behaviors, too. In part, that’s because mild forms of harassment do not exist in a vacuum. As leading sexual harassment researcher Louise Fitzgerald tells the Times, “Even milder forms of harassment can be extremely damaging if they happen frequently and continue over time.” Almost one-fifth of the men surveyed said they had told crude jokes or stories at work within the past year. The most common type of objectionable behavior-which 25% of men said they had done within the past year-was gender harassment, which includes telling crude jokes or stories, or sharing inappropriate videos. Of the men surveyed, nearly one-third said they had done something at work within the past year that would qualify as objectionable behavior or sexual harassment. Mixed in with benign questions about using Facebook at work or commuting by bike were a series of questions about behavior that would qualify as gender-based bias or sexual harassment. Respondents were promised confidentiality so to ensure their responses were as accurate as possible.
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In collaboration with the polling and media company Morning Consult and leading sexual harassment researchers, The New York Times surveyed a nationally representative sample of 615 men who work full time in the US about how they conduct themselves at work.
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