Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2020 Mar 10;15(3):e0230312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230312. eCollection 2020.
What factors predict the underreporting of sexual harassment in academe? We used logistic regression and sentiment analysis to examine 2,343 reports of sexual harassment involving members of university communities. Results indicate students were 1.6 times likely to not report their experiences when compared to faculty. Respondents in the life and physical sciences were 1.7 times more likely to not report their experiences when compared to respondents in other disciplines. Men represented 90% of the reported perpetrators of sexual harassment. Analysis of respondents' written accounts show variation of overall sentiment based on discipline, student type, and the type of institution attended, particularly with regard to mental health. Our results suggest that institutional and departmental barriers driven by power asymmetries play a large role in the underreporting sexual harassment among students-especially those in STEM disciplines.
哪些因素预示着学术界性骚扰报告的不足？我们使用逻辑回归和情感分析来研究涉及大学社区成员的 2343 起性骚扰报告。结果表明，与教师相比，学生报告性骚扰经历的可能性低 1.6 倍。与其他学科的受访者相比，生命和物理科学的受访者不太可能报告他们的经历。报告的性骚扰者中 90%是男性。对受访者书面陈述的分析表明，根据学科、学生类型和所就读机构的类型，总体情绪存在差异，尤其是在心理健康方面。我们的结果表明，由权力不对称驱动的机构和部门障碍在学生中报告性骚扰的不足方面发挥了重要作用——尤其是在 STEM 学科中。
