Sexual Harassment at University in the Czech Republic: A Non -existent Problem? Cover Image

Sexuální obtěžování na vysoké škole. V ČR neexistující problém?
Sexual Harassment at University in the Czech Republic: A Non -existent Problem?

Author(s): Marta Vohlídalová
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav
Keywords: sexual harassment; higher education; gender

Summary/Abstract: Despite the fact that the problem of sexual harassment at universities has been broadly explored in western and mainly American sociology since the mid -1970s, the first sociological survey to focus on this topic in the Czech Republic was conducted in late 2008 and early 2009. This quantitative survey covered 700 students and was carried out at a faculty of a university in Prague. The paper presents the main findings from this survey, such as the student’s experiences with sexual harassment from their teachers and their attitudes towards sexual harassment. The author found that the prevalence of sexual harassment in the particular faculty was relatively high and that students are extremely tolerant of ‘soft’ forms of harassment, especially gender harassment.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 22-31
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech