How Do Chinese College Students Define Sexual Harassment?

This study aimed to delineate the definitions of sexual harassment and their relation with various subject characteristics. Results showed that Chinese students demonstrated a high level of consensus in regarding overt unwelcome physical contact and coercive sexuality as sexual harassment. Only a sm...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 1995-12, Vol.10 (4), p.503-515
Main Authors: TANG, CATHERINE SO-KUM, YIK, MICHELLE S. M., CHEUNG, FANNY M. C., CHOI, PO-KING, AU, KIT-CHUN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian Americans
Chinese
Chinese Culture
Chinese people
College Students
Definitions
Emotional Abuse
Hong Kong
Personality Traits
Sex Bias
Sex Discrimination
Sex Role
Sexual Harassment
Sexuality
Social Perception
Social research
Students
Universities
USA
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Summary:This study aimed to delineate the definitions of sexual harassment and their relation with various subject characteristics. Results showed that Chinese students demonstrated a high level of consensus in regarding overt unwelcome physical contact and coercive sexuality as sexual harassment. Only a small percentage of the students classified sexist and misogynistic behaviors, pressure for dates, and unsolicited disclosure of personal and emotional feelings as sexually harassing. Factor analyses indicated that faculty-student sexual harassment was composed of three factors: sexual coercion, physical seduction, and gender harassment. Peer sexual harassment, on the other hand, included four factors: sexual coercion, physical seduction, nonphysical seduction, and gender harassment. Individuals' intolerance toward sexual harassment was related to their support for gender equality and flexible gender roles. Compared to men, women had broader definitions of sexual harassment and were less tolerant of these behaviors.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/088626095010004008