Have women been charged for sexual harrassment and approximately what percentage compared to men?
What can a man do to prevent sexual harrassment from women? Regards, Sunil Mahabir ANSWER: Hi Sunil, Your question has been asked of me in many of my sessions on the prevention of sexual harassment. The law applies to all equally and I think that is what is misunderstood by both men and women. Regardless of who does the harassment, it is illegal to harass someone due to their sex including same sex harassment. If a woman makes similar comments to a man that if the man were to say these comments it was considered sexual harassment, then the woman has done the same. There is an increase of the percentage of men who file sexual harassment charges against women and other men. Some estimates now have it at approximately 18% of all charges filed are by men. This is due to a number of factors including that more women are in positions of authority thereby increasing the quid pro quo or this for that type of harassment. For example of a woman supervisor demanded sex from a subordinate male in
