This statistic shows the leading strategies utilized by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace in 2018. The results of the survey show that the leading strategy deployed by women to avoid workplace sexual harassment or assault was to avoid people who have made them feel personally uncomfortable in the past, with 76 percent of respondents admitting to doing this. A total of 49 percent of respondents said that they try to dress conservatively to avoid unwanted sexual advances, and 37 percent avoid drinking alcohol with their colleagues.
Leading strategies deployed by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace as of January 2018
Question asked: In general, which of the following strategies, if any, do you or have you used in your working life in order to try to avoid unwanted sexual advances?
Sexual harassment was defined in this survey as ‘unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal (non-touching) conduct of a sexual nature’. Although technically sexual assault, non-consensual sexual contact (unwanted contact) was defined as ‘anything from an unwanted quick sexual touch to more serious unwanted physical sexual contact’.
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Angus Reid Institute. (February 9, 2018). Leading strategies deployed by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace as of January 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/807260/canada-strategies-to-avoid-unwanted-sexual-behavior-workplace/
Angus Reid Institute. "Leading strategies deployed by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace as of January 2018." Chart. February 9, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/807260/canada-strategies-to-avoid-unwanted-sexual-behavior-workplace/
Angus Reid Institute. (2018). Leading strategies deployed by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace as of January 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/807260/canada-strategies-to-avoid-unwanted-sexual-behavior-workplace/
Angus Reid Institute. "Leading Strategies Deployed by Women in Canada to Avoid Unwanted Sexual Advances in The Workplace as of January 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/807260/canada-strategies-to-avoid-unwanted-sexual-behavior-workplace/
Angus Reid Institute, Leading strategies deployed by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace as of January 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/807260/canada-strategies-to-avoid-unwanted-sexual-behavior-workplace/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Leading strategies deployed by women in Canada to avoid unwanted sexual advances in the workplace as of January 2018 [Graph], Angus Reid Institute, February 9, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/807260/canada-strategies-to-avoid-unwanted-sexual-behavior-workplace/
