Diagnosing Norms Surrounding Sexual Harassment at a Jordanian University.

ABSTRACT: Sexual harassment (SH) is a form of gender-based violence (GBV) that negatively impacts women's physical, mental, social, and financial well-being. Although SH is a global phenomenon, it also is a contextualized one, with local and institutional norms influencing the ways in which harassment behavior manifests. As more women attend institutions of higher education in Jordan, these women are at increased risk of experiencing SH in university settings, with potential implications for their health and future employment. Social norms theory, which examines the informal rules governing individual behavior within groups, has been a useful framework for understanding and developing interventions against GBV globally. We sought to apply a social-norms lens to the understanding and prevention of SH

SUBMITTER: Bergenfeld I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350132 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature