Abstract:

This study investigates sexual harassment In the first section of the study it is aimed to determine what kind of sexual harassment they face in which contexts they face this harassment and the feelings and the reactions they reveal when they face sexual harassment The second section tries to find out why some people do not show any reactions when they face sexual harassment and investigate these people quot; reasons why they do so nbsp; nbsp; The findings indicate that the majority of the university students face sexual harassment through being gazed 60 69 and being touched 45 48 without their consent nbsp; It is seen that sexual harassment mostly occurs in unknown contexts 49 12 and social contexts with friends 39 14 nbsp; When an individual face sexual harassment of the feelings the most intensive ones are determined to be anger 57 36 sorrow 42 94 and embarrassment 40 25 nbsp; When the reactions to the sexual harassment are considered it is found out that 69 59 of the university students did not anything nbsp; The qualitative findings on why they did not do anything regarding sexual harassment they faced indicate that they did not do anything due to several reasons: being misunderstood by others 96 56 worrying about being blamed 92 04 self blame 51 13 and nbsp; being disgraced falling into disrepute 35 22 nbsp; The results reveal that both men and women face sexual harassment that it is also commonplace among the university students and that the victims do not show any reactions though they have feelings such as anger sorrow and embarrassment nbsp; Among the most commonly stated reasons why any reaction does not occur are the perceptions and social pressure towards social and sexual roles the way people are raised and the feeling that they have deserved it nbsp;

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