Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University

Taking higher education to be an arena in which professional and social interaction has a special propensity to overlap, this paper investigates university students’ experiences and perceptions of sexual harassment. Based on survey data, we find varying responses according to their gender and natio...

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Autores principales:	Bontu Lucie Guschke, Kaitlin Busse, Farhiya Khalid, Sara Louise Muhr, Sine Nørholm Just
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Lenguaje:	DA EN NB SV
Publicado:	The Royal Danish Library 2019
Materias:	Higher education sexual harassment university students Denmark normalization university Social Sciences H
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6dfbcfa6f54e44259d12f3f65bf786532021-12-01T00:04:26ZSexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University10.7146/kkf.v28i1-2.1161142245-6937https://doaj.org/article/6dfbcfa6f54e44259d12f3f65bf786532019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/116114https://doaj.org/toc/2245-6937 Taking higher education to be an arena in which professional and social interaction has a special propensity to overlap, this paper investigates university students’ experiences and perceptions of sexual harassment. Based on survey data, we find varying responses according to their gender and nationality, indicating that men and Danish students are least likely to experience and perceive situations as sexual harassment. Further, we find a wide-spread normalization of certain potentially offensive acts and behaviours. In addition, students report varying degrees of acceptability of certain acts, depending on context. On this basis, we argue that normalization hinders individual students’ ability to recognize and denounce sexual harassment. The influence of social norms on individual experiences and perceptions, we assert, means sexual harassment is neither an objective category nor an individual responsibility. In consequence, issues of sexual harassment can only be dealt with if and when universities assume responsibility for the norms that prevail within their spheres of influence. Bontu Lucie GuschkeKaitlin BusseFarhiya KhalidSara Louise MuhrSine Nørholm JustThe Royal Danish LibraryarticleHigher educationsexual harassmentuniversity studentsDenmarknormalizationuniversitySocial SciencesHDAENNBSVKvinder, Køn & Forskning, Vol 28, Iss 1-2 (2019)
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description	Taking higher education to be an arena in which professional and social interaction has a special propensity to overlap, this paper investigates university students’ experiences and perceptions of sexual harassment. Based on survey data, we find varying responses according to their gender and nationality, indicating that men and Danish students are least likely to experience and perceive situations as sexual harassment. Further, we find a wide-spread normalization of certain potentially offensive acts and behaviours. In addition, students report varying degrees of acceptability of certain acts, depending on context. On this basis, we argue that normalization hinders individual students’ ability to recognize and denounce sexual harassment. The influence of social norms on individual experiences and perceptions, we assert, means sexual harassment is neither an objective category nor an individual responsibility. In consequence, issues of sexual harassment can only be dealt with if and when universities assume responsibility for the norms that prevail within their spheres of influence.
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author	Bontu Lucie Guschke Kaitlin Busse Farhiya Khalid Sara Louise Muhr Sine Nørholm Just
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title	Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University
title_short	Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University
title_full	Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University
title_fullStr	Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University
title_full_unstemmed	Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University
title_sort	sexual harassment in higher education - experiences and perceptions among students at a danish university
publisher	The Royal Danish Library
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/6dfbcfa6f54e44259d12f3f65bf78653
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Sexual Harassment in Higher Education - Experiences and Perceptions among Students at a Danish University

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