Bad Girls at Work: Female on Male Sexual Harassment More Common

Guess the percentage of men who say they have been sexually harassed by women at work.

I’ll show some evidence at the end.

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week to revive a sexual harassment claim made by a man against his female employer.

Quoting from the case: “Mr. Jones worked as a mechanic for Needham Trucking from May to November of 2014. According to Mr. Jones, he was fired because he would not have sex with Ms. Needham, his direct supervisor and a shareholder of the business…. He provided a comparator, another mechanic who ‘was treated better because he had sex with Ms. Needham.’ And he listed two witnesses, both of whom would testify that they knew of the sexual harassment. In response to questions seeking more detailed explanations, Mr. Jones wrote ‘“I was terminated because I refused to agree to Ms. Needham’s sexual advances and I rejected all such efforts by her.”’

Jones alleges that he was “subjected to sexual remarks by owner, Julie Needham. I complained to General Manager, Jonathan Needham and Stephanie Needham about the sexual harassment. Nothing was done. On or about November 3, 2014, Julie Needham terminated my employment.”

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According to AWARE (Association for Women for Research and Action): “Both women and men are more likely to have been harassed by the opposite sex, although some have also experienced harassment from the same sex. In AWARE’s survey, 79% of the respondents who reported having experienced workplace sexual harassment were female; 21% were male.” That was a 2008 survey.

In 2012, statistics from the EEOC showed as follows: “The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently released its 2012 Enforcement and Litigation Statistics which provides that although the number of sexual harassment charges filed has decreased from 7,809 in 2011 to 7,571 in 2012, the percentage of charges filed by males has increased from 16.1% to 17.8%.