As women around the country continue to come forward with accusations of sexual harassment by famous men in media and beyond, about half of American working women say: #MeToo. A new poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows that 48 percent of currently employed women in […] Read more »
Sexual harassment of women in the workplace
Concern about sexual harassment of women in the workplace has grown over the last three decades, but Americans do not think sexual harassment at work is inevitable, according to this Exclusive Third Rail with OZY-Marist Poll, commissioned by WGBH Boston and OZY Media for the new PBS prime-time, cross-platform debate […] Read more »
One in Three U.S. Women Worry About Being Sexually Assaulted
Thirty-four percent of U.S. women say they worry “frequently” or “occasionally” about being sexually assaulted. That percentage essentially matches the 33% average in Gallup’s 17-year trend but is up slightly from an average 30% who worried from 2013 through 2015. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »
Sexual Assault in the Military Widely Seen as Important Issue, But No Agreement on Solution
A substantial majority of Americans (81%) view sexual assault in the military as an extremely or very important issue. But the public does not believe the problem of sexual assault is a bigger problem in the military than outside it: Just 11% say it is more of a problem inside […] Read more »