For many young women looking to make a career
for themselves in anthropology, it seems like a very exciting career, and
rightly so. There’s the feeling
that comes with gaining a deep and intimate knowledge of a culture, and long
field trips on remote locations, trying to understand what made a people tick. However, the field of anthropology also
seems to have a darker side that not many people are aware of. There have been widespread incidents of
sexual harassment, including rape
and sexual assault that have been perpetrated on young females in this field.
A group of female anthropologists have
conducted a study that shows a very high incidence of sexual harassment. More than 20% of the female
anthropologists who took part in the study reported that they had experienced
some kind of sexual harassment on the job. This includes physical harassment or unwanted sexual
contact.
The team of female anthropologists conducted
an online survey. They contacted
female colleagues using Facebook, e-mails and via blogs. The results of the study were presented
recently at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
According to the study, as many as 30% of the
respondents reported that they faced verbal abuse very often, or frequently. Another 60% of the women reported that
they had been the target of inappropriate sexual remarks and other jokes,
compared with 39% of males. There
were 20% of the women who reported having suffered some kind of physical sexual
harassment or unwanted social contact on the job.
It is not surprising to Los Angeles sexual harassment lawyers that most of these cases
seemed to involve female victims, while the perpetrator was almost always a
male colleague with higher professional status. In this field, it's common to have mentors and protégés, and
very often, the perpetrators of the harassment were found to be the mentors.
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