According to a survey conducted in 2019, around 22 percent of women in Spain have been exposed to visual and verbal harassment at work such as to whistling, rude gestures or comments. Another common type of sexual harassment at work in Spain in this year were obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation.
In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Whistling, rude gestures or comments, or suggestive looks
22%
Embarrasing comments on your clothes or body
16%
Exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation
14%
Been forced to see or receive texts, photos or videos of a sexual nature despite showing your disinterest in such content
10%
Light physical content like brushing against your hands, hair, face or legs
10%
Offered embarrasing gifts
10%
Invitations to places or at times that could potentially put you in a cmpromising situation
10%
Touching of genital or erogenous zones like a hand on your bottom, a forced hug or stolen kiss
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IFOP, & Foundation for European Progressive Studies. (September 30, 2019). In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096706/wokrplace-sexual-harassment-spain/
IFOP, und Foundation for European Progressive Studies. "In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work?." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096706/wokrplace-sexual-harassment-spain/
IFOP, Foundation for European Progressive Studies. (2019). In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096706/wokrplace-sexual-harassment-spain/
IFOP, and Foundation for European Progressive Studies. "In The past 12 Months, Have You Been Exposed The following Situations at Work?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096706/wokrplace-sexual-harassment-spain/
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In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work? [Graph], IFOP, & Foundation for European Progressive Studies, September 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096706/wokrplace-sexual-harassment-spain/