According to a survey conducted in 2019, 13 percent of women in the United Kingdom have been exposed to visual and verbal harassment at work such as to whistling, rude gestures or comments. In this year, another common type of sexual harassment at work in the United Kingdom was reported by women who were exposed to obscene proposals or messages with a sexual connotation at work.
In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work?
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IFOP, & Foundation for European Progressive Studies. (September 30, 2019). In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096724/workplace-sexual-harassment-uk/
IFOP, und Foundation for European Progressive Studies. "In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work?." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096724/workplace-sexual-harassment-uk/
IFOP, Foundation for European Progressive Studies. (2019). In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096724/workplace-sexual-harassment-uk/
IFOP, and Foundation for European Progressive Studies. "In The past 12 Months, Have You Been Exposed The following Situations at Work?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096724/workplace-sexual-harassment-uk/
IFOP & Foundation for European Progressive Studies, In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096724/workplace-sexual-harassment-uk/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
In the past 12 months, have you been exposed the following situations at work? [Graph], IFOP, & Foundation for European Progressive Studies, September 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096724/workplace-sexual-harassment-uk/