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Effects of Sexual Harassment
- Sexual harassment often has a serious and negative impact on women's physical and emotional health,
and the more severe the harassment, the more severe the reaction. The reactions frequently reported by
women include anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, weight loss or gain, loss of appetite, and
headaches. Researchers have also found that there is a link between sexual harassment and Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder.
- Harassment can also cause substantial financial harm for victims. Victims often try to avoid
the harassing behavior by missing class, taking sick leave or leave without pay from work, or even
quitting or transferring to new schools or jobs. This can result in a loss of a scholarship or wages.
- Employers also suffer significant financial losses from the job turnover, use of sick leave,
and losses to individual and workgroup productivity that result from harassment.
- Harassment can poison the classroom or work atmosphere and negatively impact others who are not
themselves harassed.
Information adapted from
National Women's Law Center.
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