Importance and Need of Education: Addressing Professor Harassment

This essay delves into the critical importance and need for education, particularly within university settings, while addressing the concerning issue of professor harassment. It highlights the problems faced by female professors, including sexual harassment and inappropriate student behavior, and explores their detrimental effects on the university environment, the professors' well-being, and the institution's reputation. The essay presents potential solutions, such as educational seminars, severe punishments for offenders, and awareness campaigns utilizing various media platforms to promote respectful conduct and prevent future incidents. Furthermore, it examines the initiatives taken by universities to combat harassment, including the implementation of new policies, workshops, and digital media campaigns to foster gender equality and protect women's rights. The conclusion emphasizes the need for a comprehensive and effective approach to address harassment, promoting a safe and comfortable working environment for all members of the academic community.

Running Head: Importance and Need of Education
Importance and Need of Education
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Problem Statement: The harassment on the professors by the students in universities.
Introduction
The problem which is chosen for this paper is the focusing on the issues that the female
professors are facing in the premises of the university. On the prospect of sexual harassment with
the women professors being the victims of the pestering behavior from the students is increasing
day by day. There is a research conducted on the XYZ University where the women section were
interviewed and almost most of the section had the same petition. The focus is on the problem
solving technique that occur within the university and the victims are entirely on the abuse
directed towards the subordinates. The solution towards the problem can be defined by means of
educating the students and facilitating seminars that will inculcate a change in their behavior and
widen their knowledge in maintaining a respect towards the professors, the second solution will
focus on the students who are accused and are punished severely and lastly spreading awareness
about the recent cases concluded the mean of oral, written documents and technological media
(Ahmed et al., 2014).
The problem of the education
The suffering of the above mentioned problem is effecting the university, professors, the
ethos and the goodwill of the education facility of the country. The survey which has been
conducted on the female population has collected data on the various issues faced and two
hundred and eight female candidates has been victimized. The major problem that was addressed
by the professor was the vulnerability to sexual harassment and had experienced previously a

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variety of behavior from the students (Jordan, Combs & Smith, 2014). Mostly it came from the
male students who had a bizarre deeds and attitude towards the teachers. The victims stated that
the harassment was to extend from sexist comments to sexual assault. Women professors are
able to deal with these problems effectively with the situation by taking legal actions and
confronting individually and avoiding them.
The effects of the problem
The action taking approach is engaged so that other male individual is not influenced and
takes the issue forward and victimize other female professors. The goodwill name of the
university goes at a stake where major legal issues are faced. Many other student rejects the
institution when they aware of the cases which had occurred or happened with the teacher. The
university is losing many professors who finds it difficult to continue their professional work in
the melancholy environment (Galdi, Maass & Cadinu, 2014). On the other hand the impression
on the society in adherence to the legal requirements is essential but not adequate to initiate the
change which is needed to address the sexual harassment. In order to make changes the rules and
regulation should be able to succeed in making these regulations to all the working members of
the campus that is the student, administrators, faculty and staff is the responsibilities of these
individual to solve out the problem and promoting a civil and respectful environment (Whitley &
Page, 2015).
Consequences if the problem Is not solved
The consequences that are attached with the outcome of sexual harassment is the
undermining effect on the women’s profession and education accomplishment and mental

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and physical healthy. The negative impact are the evidence across the lines of the
educational field which discriminates the female professors on the basis of race, color,
sex, creed and society. The outcome of the women when they face sexual harassment are
the decline in job satisfaction, eliminating themselves from the universities, building a
feeling of disillusion and anger towards the student, the hob stress gets increased and
there is a presence of mental and physical pressure and lastly there is less productivity
with a decline in performance (Megary, 2014).
The situation of sexual harassment from the male students include the decline in
motivation at take classes and face the students who has been held accused of and the
lack of attending the university. The teachers in the professional formal position holds the
authority are likely to be harassed. In some cases it is found that the students gives the
verdict that he has not harassed the student and it is not possible on the part student to
harass the student. The anonymity is placed where the female has a higher position
whether in accompany or a university the male tries to overpower the authority. The
women can be subjected to harassment by men who occupy formally less position within
the authority than the men who are subjected to less authority work role (McDonald &
Charlesworth, 2013).
The increasing effect of sexual harassment is constantly affecting the research
integrity and an expensive loss of knowledge and talent in the academic background. The
women who are the victims have reported three common petition. The appeal was based
on stepping down from the professional platform, leaving the field of work and lastly to
withdraw themselves them the institution. The report of the problem statement has

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showed us the verdict from the victims who has been facing issues on the symptoms of
stress, anxiety, depression and negative effect on psychological well-being (Valls et al.,
2016).
Initiatives taken to solve the problem
If the problem further does not gets solved serious action can be taken by the
victim the university can take action on the students. The career may be at stake for them
as legal charges may filed. It not only affects the target but also creates a bad effect on
the coworkers as well. The corrective action that are taken care and to recreate the policy
of nit harassing the women in the working environment. It is a common trend now that
the students are harassing the teachers and it increasing as days are passing. Through the
mean of written documents the students should be educated on this field. Laws on these
harassment should be allocated for education and nurturing the awareness of the issue.
This can be done through specific budgetary allocation for the universities to run a
program or through allocation of resources (Holland & Cortina, 2013). Many such
universities have undertaken such efforts by means of the following:
 Create lesson and program on sexual harassment which should be
included in university seminar.
 The topic of sexual harassment should be included as a program on the
subject of saving the women section from violence.
 To create and develop media campaign to promote gender equality and
inform women their right when they are sexually accused.

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 An introduction on the new labor law that prohibits sexual harassment.
 Starting new workshop that will highlight the quarries from the victim
and frame the question on the basis of what makes them feel safe, what
makes them feel unsafe and the precaution they would take for such
situation.
There should an introduction of an ice-breaking question which will include an
interaction with the audience and discuss the factors and situation which is not discussed openly
in the society. The workshop should constitute of an interactive session where the professors can
put forward their thoughts and views. Through this workshop the university wants to bring in a
change and serious step has been taken towards such cases. This ensures that the society needs to
be educated and wants to cater a change and act as a revolutionaries to make this environment a
better place to live rather than a torturing one (Neupane & Chesney-Lind, 2014).
With the help of the technology the digital platform can help in spreading awareness.
Media is considered to be the main source of information which is concerned to crime and sexual
assault for the major population. Concerned with the role of media which is applicable in
developing the understanding problem. It is very vital for the social media platform to convey the
information that is the objective and free of prejudice. Articles are published to create a
cognizance for the people who are not aware or in a mix feelings and live with a guilt throughout
their life. The journals also speak about the professors who are molested or sexually harassed on
the basis of race, caste, creed, sex and sometime on religion (Quick & McFadyen, 2017).

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Conclusion
This problem is not only recognized in universities but in commercial p-laces like in
business or organization where the women force work. The workers are vulnerably harassed
which can be related to any mean such as during promotional objective or increment in the salary
scale. It is quite evident from the fact that the girls are brutally molested on the streets or in
different places. The ratio of the women with the previous generation has increased than in
previous years.
It can be concluded with the fact that there should be a strong and effective attitude in all
the levels of the authority and a voice should be raised if any immorality or corrupt behavior
takes place. The environment within the working zone should be made comfortable system to
work.

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