What is "quid pro quo harassment"? What is the effect of workplace sexual harassment on men and women?

What will be an ideal response?


The key ingredients for sexual harassment are that the sexual advances are unwelcome and are coercive in the sense that the victim's job or grade is at stake. This is termed quid pro quo harassment (quid pro quo meaning "I'll do something for you if you'll do something for me").

 

Both female and male victims report that harassment has negative effects on their emotional and physical health, their ability to work with others on the job, and their feelings about work. However, men are more likely to feel that the overtures from women ended up being reciprocal and mutually enjoyable. Women, in contrast, are more likely to report damaging consequences, including being fired or quitting their job. There is evidence linking the experience of sexual harassment to depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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According to the matching hypothesis, people _______

a. seek out others who have had similar life experiences b. seek out others who have characteristics similar to their own c. are attracted to others who live and work in their geographical area d. are attracted to others who share their level of physical attractiveness

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Women whose parents were divorced scored higher on ludic styles of love than women from attached families

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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According to a study by Kinsey conducted in 1948, 69% of men had visited a prostitute sometime in their lives. Why is this estimation likely not applicable today?

a. Because women have more employment opportunities today compared with sixty years ago; today, the number of women working as prostitutes has dramatically decreased. b. Kinsey surveyed his subjects at a time when "good girls" were much less likely to engage in premarital intercourse. c. Although not outright accepted, in reality, prostitution was much more socially tolerated in the 1940s as compared with today. d. In contrast to what we see today, sexually transmitted infections were not in the forefront of men's minds in the 1940s; thus, men felt safer visiting prostitutes during the 1940s.

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_____ refers to a sexual encounter involving three people.

A. Tribadism B. Triumvirate C. Troika D. Troilism

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