The data of yet another study investigating its phenomenon are revealing gender violence to the workplaceswhich shows that one in two women in the field of science have fallen victim sexual harassment during her career.
In particular, according to an Ipsos poll carried out on behalf of Fondation L’Oréal and published on Thursday (16/3), in which 5,000 researchers from 117 countries participated, 49% of female scientists state that they “personally faced at least one situation of sexual harassment during their career”.
About half of these incidents have occurred after the emergence of the #MeToo movement in America in 2017. In fact, for 65% of them, these situations had a negative impact on their careers on all five continents.
However, only one in five victims of sexual harassment reported the incident to their employeraccording to the survey of male and female researchers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics at 50 public and private institutions.
Many of these situations are described in detail: 25% state that people in their work environment addressed them inappropriately on a regular basis, using nicknames such as “doll”, “baby”, or swearing. 24% report “personal and repetitive” questions about their private or sexual life which caused them embarrassment.
The negative effects of sexual harassment on women’s careers
The majority of these situations have occurred early in their careers. The consequence of this was the negative impact on their scientific path. 52% of victims say they “avoided certain staff” and 25% say they felt at risk in their workplace.
64% of male and female scientists surveyed complained about insufficient action to deal with sexual harassment at work.
“The research confirms that science has not sufficiently revolutionized itself since the emergence of the #MeToo movement,” commented Fondation L’Oréal director general Alexandra Palt.
Only 33% of researchers in the field of science are women in the world and less than 4% win the Nobel Prize, recalls the Fondation L’Oréal.
“If we want the full potential of women in research to be realized, they need to feel safe,” said Alexandra Palt.
Source: News Beast
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