According to a survey conducted in 2019, 12 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 France was reported by women who were exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation at work.
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
12%
Embarrasing comments on your clothes or body
10%
Llight physical content like brushing against your hands, hair, face or legs
6%
Obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation
6%
Offered embarrasing gifts
5%
Invitations to places or at times that could potentially put you in a cmpromising situation
5%
Been forced to see or receive texts, photos or videos of a sexual nature despite showing your disinterest in such content
4%
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 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096721/workplace-harassment-france/
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 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096721/workplace-harassment-france/
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 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096721/workplace-harassment-france/
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/1096721/workplace-harassment-france/
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/1096721/workplace-harassment-france/ (last visited December 21, 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/1096721/workplace-harassment-france/
