According to a survey of women in Europe, 46 percent of women said that they have been exposed to whistling, rude gestures, comments or suggestive looks in the workplace, while almost a quarter of them have been exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation.
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*Italy: 1,000 women respondents
Spain: 1,021 women respondents
France: 1,004 women respondents
Germany: 1,001 women respondents
United Kingdom :1,000 women respondents
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