Change of social attitude to sexual harassment after #metoo in Sweden 2018, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 9, 2024

This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted in 2018 in Sweden on views on changes in social attitudes to sexual harassment after the #Metoo movement, based on respondents' gender. Overall, the majority of respondents thought that sexual harassment has become less accepted, according to 66 percent respondents. One percent answered that they had not heard of the #Metoo campaign.

Do you think that the attitude of society to sexual harassment has changed after the #metoo campaign?

Characteristic	Men	Women	Average
Sexual harassment has become less accepted	62%	71%	66%
Sexual harassment has become more accepted	3%	1%	2%
Attitudes have not changed	17%	12%	15%
Don't know	17%	16%	17%
Don't know the #metoo campaign	1%	0%	1%

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Release date

October 2018

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Region

Sweden

Survey time period

October 1-3, 2018

Number of respondents

1000 respondent*

Age group

18-79 years

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Upplever du att attityder i samhället kring sexuella trakasserier har förändrats efter #Metoo-upproret? Sexuella trakasserier är ett uppträdande av sexuell natur som kränker någons värdighet."

Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

*The number of respondents was as follows:
Male n=494,
Female n=508

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