Current research has postulated that sexual harassment is one of the most serious social problems. Perceptions of sexual harassment vary according to some factors: gender, context, and perceiver’s ideology. The strategies most commonly used by women to cope with harassment range from avoiding or ignoring the harasser to confronting the harasser or reporting the incident. The aim of this study was to explore women’s perception of sexual harassment, and to assess the implications of different victim responses to harassment. A total of 138 women were administered a questionnaire the type of harassment, and victim response were manipulated. Moreover, the influence of ideological variables (i.e. ambivalent sexism and the acceptance of myths of sexual harassment) on perception was assessed. Results perception of sexual harassment was lower in gender harassment than in unwanted sexual attention and participants believed women who confronted their harasser would be evaluated negatively by men. Furthermore, effects of ideology on perception of harassment were found. The results underscore the complexities involved in defining certain behaviours as harassment, and the implications of different victim responses to harassment.

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面对还是不面对：妇女对性骚扰的感知

当前的研究假设性骚扰是最严重的社会问题之一。对性骚扰的感知会因以下因素而有所不同：性别，背景和感知者的意识形态。妇女最常使用的应对骚扰的策略范围从避免或无视骚扰到面对骚扰或举报事件。这项研究的目的是探讨妇女对性骚扰的看法，并评估不同受害者对骚扰的反应所产生的影响。共有138名妇女接受了关于骚扰类型的问卷调查，并操纵了受害者的反应。此外，评估了意识形态变量（即矛盾的性别歧视和对性骚扰神话的接受）对知觉的影响。结果表明，在性骚扰中，对性骚扰的感知要比对性骚扰的感知要低，并且参与者认为，面对骚扰的女性将受到男性的负面评价。此外，发现意识形态对骚扰感知的影响。结果强调了将某些行为定义为骚扰所涉及的复杂性，以及不同受害者对骚扰的反应所带来的影响。