Women Execs: Think You'll be Exempt from Sexual Harassment? Guess Again
I don't suppose it comes as a surprise but women in leadership positions face more sexual harassment . I was never in a position of power but I worked with lots of male co-workers and vendors and there were a couple of times -- well, maybe, quite a few more -- I was touched inappropriately. Power in the workplace does not stop women's exposure to sexual harassment, according to newswise.com. "On the contrary, women with supervisory positions are harassed more than women employees," the web site reports. These are the results from a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University, which examined the conditions in Sweden, USA and Japan. By analyzing the responses from three surveys, researchers at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, SOFI, at Stockholm University, together with fellow American and Japanese researchers, have studied the prevalence of sexual harassment across the organizational hierarchy. "The stud...