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Race, Threat And Workplace Sexual Harassment: The Dynamics Of Harassment In The United States, 1997–2016, Dan Cassino, Yasemin Besen-Cassino

Department of Sociology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Sexual harassment is a persistent problem for women in the workplace. Prior research has explored the effects of sexual harassment on the psychological, physical and economic wellbeing of the victims. Despite the extensive research exploring the causes, most studies focus on micro-level factors, and few studies examine the role of macro-level factors on sexual harassment in the workplace. Using public Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data and a separate dataset of individual level workplace sexual harassment complaints, we test two hypotheses about sexual harassment in American workplaces. First, we show that the decline in workplace sexual harassment complaints has been …