Sexual Harassment of Blue Collar Workers

The problem of sexual harassment in work settings has received little empirical examination to date. This study used mailed questionnaires to elicit respondents\u27 opinions about sexual harassment and their perceptions of its incidence, scope and recourses taken by victims. Systematic samples were drawn from a blue collar union\u27s rosters of male and female members. The findings indicated that twentythree percent of the respondents felt they had been sexually harassed (thirty-six percent of the women and eight percent of the men). Whereas the women viewed the problem in power-dominance terms, the men did not. Other findings in relation to scope and recourses are discussed