Sexual Harassment Against Women

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Sexual Harassment among Women in the Canadian Forces Combat Arms Christian Eddy SOCY 462 Sexual harassment against women in the workplace has long been documented as a pervasive problem. Many studies have demonstrated that women in workplaces where the workforce is primarily male, have greater problems with sexual harassment than women who work in a place where the workforce is female-dominate. The results of these studies also stand true within military organizations, and the Canadian Forces Combat Arms is no exception. With the military being a male-dominated institution, sexual harassment within the military continues to be a problem. A major problem with sexual harassment, however, is that victims don’t always report it for various reasons which we will discuss later in this review. Within the Canadian Forces, women have become integrated and work right along-side male counterparts. Women can hold any job that a man can as well as fight in combat areas. While they are allowed to work side-by-side, women often face harassment in the work zones and a lot of times, it is not reported and/or nothing is done about it. Military organizations in general are often viewed as a “man’s job” by many because of the stereotypic male characteristics of combat positions such as aggression, courage, and strength. When women began being integrated into roles that were male-dominate many women experienced being treated differently because they were female. Women reported being treated differently in terms of being put in positions where they felt that they were at a disadvantage within the training and employment environment. The women also reported that their male counterparts would have in appropriate conversations with sexual content while in the presence of women co-workers. Although women reported these things in this study, it was also found that

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