SEXUAL HARASSMENT PERCEPTIONS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE #METOO MOVEMENT

Abstract

The #metoo movement has spurred women and men to come forward with their stories and claims of sexual harassment. Limited research has examined how young adults perceive sexual harassment at work. This study seeks to gain a better understanding of how young adults perceptions of sexual harassment are influenced by their work centrality beliefs, their parents work centrality beliefs, and the amount of parental support they receive. The results found that young adults with low work centrality beliefs are more likely to perceive behaviors as gender harassment, unwanted sexual attention, and sexual coercion. Young adults perceptions of their parents work centrality and parental support were not found to be unique predictors of perceiving behaviors as sexually harassing.