The relationship between age and gender in workers' attitudes toward sexual harassment

CA Ford, FJ Donis�- The Journal of psychology, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
CA Ford, FJ Donis
The Journal of psychology, 1996Taylor & Francis
The relationship between gender, age, and workers' attitudes toward sexual harassment as
measured by the Sexual Harassment Attitudes Scale was examined. Participants were full-
time workers employed at a local hardware-manufacturing company or a local utility
company in New England. Results indicated that the women younger than 40 years old
were significantly less tolerant of sexual harassment than older women were. In contrast,
male workers' tolerance of sexual harassment decreased with age up until the age of 50�…
Abstract
The relationship between gender, age, and workers' attitudes toward sexual harassment as measured by the Sexual Harassment Attitudes Scale was examined. Participants were full-time workers employed at a local hardware-manufacturing company or a local utility company in New England. Results indicated that the women younger than 40 years old were significantly less tolerant of sexual harassment than older women were. In contrast, male workers' tolerance of sexual harassment decreased with age up until the age of 50 years, after which their tolerance level of sexual harassment increased significantly.
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