The Role of Ethnicity in Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Students' Experience of Sexual Harassment

Autor/inn/en	Kearney, Lisa K.; Gilbert, Lucia Albino
Titel	The Role of Ethnicity in Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Students' Experience of Sexual Harassment
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34 (2012) 4, S.507-524 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986312461134
Schlagwörter	White Students; College Students; Educational Practices; Mexican Americans; Sexual Harassment; Ethnicity; Role; Females; Student Attitudes; Best Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Bildungspraxis; Hispanoamerikaner; Sexuelle Belästigung; Ethnizität; Rollen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study explored dimensions of a social phenomenon not often investigated among Mexican American college students, namely sexual harassment. Mexican American (n = 261) and non-Hispanic White female students (n = 111) from three southwestern universities responded to scales assessing experiences of sexually harassing behaviors, harassment tolerance, and perceptions of perpetrator power. Participants described how they responded to the most offensive of the sexually harassing behaviors experienced. Nearly 80% of participants reported experiencing more than one sexually harassing behavior and a large majority identified another student as the harasser. Mexican American students reported experiencing fewer sexually harassing behaviors than non-Hispanic Whites, attributed less power to perceived sexual harassers, and reported greater harassment tolerance. The study's findings are considered within the context of best educational practices and how universities can better assist students, staff, and faculty in understanding what constitutes sexual harassment and ways in which it can be reported and responded to on campus. (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10