직장 내 성희롱 인식과 경험실태

Abstract

To identify problems involved in sexual harassment on the job, this study classified workers' perception into generally accepted idea on sexual harrassment, types and causes and investigated how it is different according to sex, working duration, size of work, types of hiring and duties, and experiences. For the study, we interviewed 356 subjects using a short-answer type questionnaire from August 21 to September 20. 2008, and the results are presented as follows: 1. The subjects had similar ideas on sexual harassment according to sex, working duration, size of work, types of hiring and duties. They considered it as an expression of intimacy and personal matter. 2. The types of sexual harassment were similar according to sex, working duration, size of work, types of hiring and duties. They considered visual sexual harassment such as behaviors and postures that remind of sexuality or showing pornography as serious. They considered behaviors of touching or exposing bodies, hugging and leaning as important physical sexual harassments. As linguistic sexual harassment, they answered that exposing themselves, questions on sexual intercourses and using nicknames indicating specific parts of women's body are serious. 3. As main reasons of sexual harassment, male subjects answered women are considered as low on the job and as subjects of sexuality while female subjects answered that women expose themselves excessively and are considered as subjects of sexuality. The similar results were found according to working duration, size of work, types of hiring and duties. 4. As a result of investigating the subjects who experienced sexual harassment, 13 of the male subjects(12.8%) and 68 female ones(27.4%) answered that they had experiences. Main harmers of sexual harassment were one´s immediate superiors, co-workers, and senior officers of other departments in a good order, and main places of sexual harassment were parties, picnic parties and cars. The main feelings the victims had were insult, deteriorated self-esteem and shame and they answered they could not handle it actively because they were afraid that personal relations would be deteriorated, and they considered strong reaction was of no use or a disgrace. In conclusion, the perception on sexual harassment was different according to sex, but priority in their perception was similar according to sex, working duration, size of work, types of hiring and duties. And 13.8% of male subjects and 27.4% of female subjects had sexual harassment on the job and were having various aftereffects. Therefore, this study suggests that various approaches such as reinforcement of preventive education and improvement of occupational cultures should be developed.