A survey on what women consider to be sexual harassment in Great Britain in 2020 showed that 97 percent of women considered a man trying to take a photo up a woman's skirt to be sexual harassment. Of the 12 examples of sexual harassment provided here, asking a woman out for a drink is the scenario seen by the fewest share of women as being harassment, at three percent.
What is considered sexual harassment?
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YouGov. (November 18, 2020). What is considered sexual harassment? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov. "What is considered sexual harassment?." Chart. November 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov. (2020). What is considered sexual harassment?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov. "What Is Considered Sexual Harassment?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/
YouGov, What is considered sexual harassment? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
What is considered sexual harassment? [Graph], YouGov, November 18, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220493/what-women-consider-to-be-sexual-harassment-in-britai/