Contemporary Business Issues: Sexual Harassment of Men Report

This report addresses the contemporary business issue of sexual harassment of men in the workplace. It begins with an introduction highlighting the increasing number of reported cases and defines sexual harassment within the context of the workplace. The discussion section delves into relevant theories, such as the Negotiation of Gender, exploring their advantages and disadvantages in understanding this phenomenon. The report also examines the legal and psychological aspects of sexual coercion and gender harassment, as well as the potential for abuse of power dynamics. Furthermore, it considers the reactions of men to organizational measures aimed at addressing sexual harassment. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of changing the mindset of individuals within organizations to mitigate sexual harassment. The report includes references to scholarly articles and reports that support the analysis and findings.

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Sexual harassment of men at work
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Introduction
It has been found that a growing number of men are being sexually harassed in the
workplace regularly by both the female colleagues and the managers. Sexual harassment in
the workplace can be defined as requests for sexual favours, unwelcoming the sexual desires,
physical as well as verbal conduct of sexual nature that affects the implicitly or explicitly an
individual’s behaviour in the work environment (Holland et al. 2016). The Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission stated that out 6,822 sexual harassment cases in 2015,
17.1% has been filed by men. Further, it has been found that there is a significantly growing
number of sexual harassment at work. This study will discuss the concept of sexual
harassment of men at work with the help of theory.
Discussion
According to the report published by the recent studies, it has been found that men
and women have different types of subjective outcomes in the actual as well as the
hypothetical cases of sexual harassment (Russell and Oswald 2016). The sexual attention at
work, as well as other initiated processes, are likely to affect the professional and the personal
outcomes of the individuals. The behaviours of the individuals can be considered as harassing
by any gender if there is a perceived loss of control over one’s professional as well as
personal security and status. The concept of sexual harassment falls under the phenomena of
Negotiation of Gender and thus it attempts to redefine what constitutes appropriate
behaviour as well as the roles for women and men (McLaughlin et al. 2018). The advantage
of this theory is that it provides cultural and theoretical perspective in the workplace. On the
other hand, the disadvantage of this theory is that it increases the gap between the two
genders.

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The sexual coercion, gender harassment as well as unwanted sexual attention can be
defined both psychologically and legally and thus it carets negative impact on the mind of the
individuals. On the other hand, sexual harassment can also be viewed as an abuse of power
in the workplace between the two gender counterparts (Birchall, Edstrom and Shahrokh,
2016). For example, it is easy for men to be sexually coerced as both women and men have
the same organisational power that is sufficient to co-coerce a male employee. Moreover, the
results of several studies have highlighted the results of a backlash of men against different
types of organisational measures that address sexual harassment as well as discrimination in
the workplace (Howald et al. 2018).
Conclusion
Therefore, the implications, as well as the legal definitions of sexual harassment of
men, have been discussed accordingly. The sexual horsemint cases of men require more
intentness than any other crime or issues in the workplace. Hence, the mindset of the people
involved in different organisations should be changed to remove sexual harassment in the
workplace.

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References
Birchall, J., Edstrom, J. and Shahrokh, T., 2016. Reframing men and boys in policy for
gender equality.
Holland, K.J., Rabelo, V.C., Gustafson, A.M., Seabrook, R.C. and Cortina, L.M., 2016.
Sexual harassment against men: Examining the roles of feminist activism, sexuality, and
organizational context. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 17(1), p.17.
Howald, N., Walker, J., Melick, S., Albert, M. and Huang, S., 2018. Addressing Sexual
Harassment in the Workplace.
McLaughlin, H., Uggen, C. and Blackstone, A., 2018. When sexual harassment is used to
equalise power. LSE Business Review.
Russell, B.L. and Oswald, D., 2016. When sexism cuts both ways: Predictors of tolerance of
sexual harassment of men. Men and Masculinities, 19(5), pp.524-544.