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Incidence and Dynamism of Sexual Harassment in South Asian Students

South Asian studies (Lahore, Pakistan), 2017-06, Vol.32 (1), p.145 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2017 Centre for South Asian Studies ;Copyright Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab Jan/Jun 2017 ;ISSN: 1026-678X ;EISSN: 2309-4575

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  • Title:
    Incidence and Dynamism of Sexual Harassment in South Asian Students
  • Author: Kanwal, Zobia ; Hashmi, Muhammad Aamir
  • Subjects: Attraction ; College students ; Colleges & universities ; Committees ; Complaints ; Cultural factors ; Families & family life ; Female employees ; Females ; Gender studies ; Guardians ; Higher education ; Males ; Ownership ; Personnel policies ; Questionnaires ; Random sampling ; Reliability ; Sexual harassment ; Students ; Teachers ; Teaching ; Victims ; Women ; Workplaces
  • Is Part Of: South Asian studies (Lahore, Pakistan), 2017-06, Vol.32 (1), p.145
  • Description: Sexual harassment has become social evil in the modern era throughout the world. It is continuously raised with the passage of time among university students and teachers. If we called our minds towards the historical prospective according to ethical concern throughout the western and non western countries. Especially female students are facing such kinds of negative activities at the workplace. Some female students create an attraction for male students at higher educational sector in Pakistan because it is natural phenomenon. You know the esthetic sense exists in the nature of female. It is noted that sexual harassment has become a common issue in every field of life. Especially from the social and cultural aspects it has become a dilemma of our society. It is also finding in educational institutions. It is against the dignity of humanity and especially for family ownership. The female students cannot take the report because they do not want to be mistrusted in front of their guardians. The purpose of this study is to investigate the feelings and responses of harassed students on facing sexual harassment on the university premises. Empirical data was collected from 260 students (144 male and 116 female) of 12 departments of University of the Punjab, Pakistan. A stratified random sampling technique was used to collect the data. A questionnaire of 53 items was developed and tested. All the questions were close ended, based on five point Likert scale (from strongly agreed to strongly disagreed). The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.83. Findings of this paper show that seldom complaints were reported on sexual harassment faced by the students in the university. They reported that the male students code such kinds of negative and sexual comments and use vulgar language towards female students. A great care is to be taken for this concern on large scale. It is recommended that awareness sessions should be conducted for the students and the faculty and trainings should be provided. Along with formal policies, the informal culture of the higher education institute should facilitate the victims in preventing and seeking justice.
  • Publisher: Lahore: Centre for South Asian Studies
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1026-678X
    EISSN: 2309-4575
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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