According to a survey conducted in 2019, 13 percent of women in Italy have been exposed to visual and verbal harassment at work such as to whistling, rude gestures or comments. In this year, another common type of sexual harassment at work in Italy was physical harassment, with 11 percent of the respondents who have been exposed to physical content like brushing against hands, hair, face or legs.
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
13%
Embarrasing comments on your clothes or body
13%
Light physical content like brushing against your hands, hair, face or legs
11%
Offered embarrasing gifts
8%
Exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation
8%
Invitations to places or at times that could potentially put you in a cmpromising situation
7%
Been forced to see or receive texts, photos or videos of a sexual nature despite showing your disinterest in such content
6%
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 December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096714/workplace-sexual-harassment-italy/
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 December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096714/workplace-sexual-harassment-italy/
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: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096714/workplace-sexual-harassment-italy/
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/1096714/workplace-sexual-harassment-italy/
IFOP & Foundation for European Progressive Studies, In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096714/workplace-sexual-harassment-italy/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
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/1096714/workplace-sexual-harassment-italy/
