Health
Study finds most paramedics are victims of abuse in the workplace
More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found.
Dec 29, 2011
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News tagged with sexual harassment
Psychology & Psychiatry
She's not interested in sex but he thinks she is
Imagine the following scenario: a woman and a man are having a conversation. She is interested in the conversation, and is friendly, smiling and warm. He interprets her behavior as sexual interest.
Jan 29, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds link between sexual harassment and 'purging'—in men
Men who experience high levels of sexual harassment are much more likely than women to induce vomiting and take laxatives and diuretics in an attempt to control their weight, according to a surprising finding by Michigan ...
May 9, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How personality predicts seeing others as sex objects
Several personality traits related to psychopathy—especially being openly antagonistic—predict a tendency to view others as merely sex objects, finds a study by psychologists at Emory University. The journal Personality ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why onlookers often don't report sexual harassment
Why don't good people report bad things?
May 17, 2019
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Health
Sexual harassment and assault linked to worse physical/mental health among midlife women
A new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine suggests that experiences of sexual harassment and sexual assault could have a significant impact on the physical and mental health of midlife ...
Oct 3, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sexual harassment claims considered more credible if made by 'prototypical' women
Women who are young, "conventionally attractive" and appear and act feminine are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment, a new University of Washington-led study finds.
Jan 14, 2021
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
End sexist scheduling of major sporting events to boost gender equality, urge experts
Despite progress in gender equality in sport, 'structural sexism' is alive and well in the scheduling of major mixed-sex sporting fixtures, with women's match finals invariably considered the 'warm-up event' for men's, argue ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Victim-blamers have empathy, but it's mostly for perpetrators
You may have seen it among your own friends: a high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual harassment, with men more likely than women to side with an accused male.
Aug 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Boys who bully peers more likely to engage in sexual harassment
Adolescent boys who bully peers and engage in homophobic teasing are more likely to perpetrate sexual harassment later on, suggests a new study of middle-school students conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois ...
Oct 30, 2014
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