A survey on what women consider to be sexual harassment in Great Britain in 2020 showed that 97 percent of women considered a man trying to take a photo up a woman's skirt to be sexual harassment. Of the 12 examples of sexual harassment provided here, asking a woman out for a drink is the scenario seen by the fewest share of women as being harassment, at three percent.
What is considered sexual harassment?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
A man trying to take a photo up a woman's skirt
97%
A man exposing their genitalia to a woman
96%
A man pinching or grabbing a woman's bum
92%
A man requesting sexual favours from a woman
91%
A man going up to a woman in a club and dancing by pressing himself against her
84%
A man directing sexual jokes at a woman
69%
A man looking at a woman's breasts
53%
A man wolf whistling at a woman
44%
A man placing his hand on a woman's lower back
40%
A man commenting on a woman's attractiveness directly to her
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YouGov. (November 18, 2020). What is considered sexual harassment? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov. "What is considered sexual harassment?." Chart. November 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov. (2020). What is considered sexual harassment?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov. "What Is Considered Sexual Harassment?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
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