This article addresses unique biases that arise in the assessment of sexual harassment claims by forensic psychiatrists. These include gender biases, diagnostic biases, sociopolitical biases, and bias that arises from lack of knowledge regarding sexual harassment or lack of formal psychiatric training. Forensic psychiatrists are ethically obligated to strive for objectivity and honesty in their...

Occupational violence and aggression are common in general practice. This study examined occupational violence and aggression against GPs in terms of prevalence and predictive factors, such as sex of GP, and practice location. Over half of the GPs sampled had experienced at least one form of violence and aggression; more female than male GPs experienced sexual harassment; and there was no diffe...

Analyzing interview data from 33 women and men, we examine how perceptions of sexual harassment are linked to age, experience, and historical context. Participants described workplace experiences from adolescence into their late twenties. Three themes emerged. First, as adolescents, respondents perceived some of the sexualized interactions they experienced at work as fun. Second, while particip...

OBJECTIVE This research intends to discuss sexual harassment within the doctor-patient relationship based on four parameters: doctor's characteristics, accuser's characteristics, accusation characteristics, and the evaluation by the Medicine Council of São Paulo. METHOD It is a descriptive, quantitative approach using a retrospective documental analysis. Studied subjects were doctors who were...

Sexual harassment that often occurs is physical or verbal. Catcalling an act of verbal sexual harassment. has become a social problem considered common among the public. The catcalling unknowingly reduced person’s human right. Therefore, by using normative juridical approach, researchers will examine how construction law in criminal Indonesia analyze as crime and have impact on legal consequenc...

This article aims to analyze the Bulgarian labor law and regulations regarding dignity of worker or employee challenges their protection in case harassment by employer. In Republic Bulgaria, many cases disrespect for work. Harassment workplace, as most common cause trampling on employee, affects every aspect life. The Labor Code Bulgaria does not contain an explicit legal regulation concepts “h...

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects medical students and residents from all forms of sexual discrimination, including sexual harassment and assault. Hospitals that train residents as well as medical students must follow Title IX mandates, including investigating and addressing all reports of sexual discrimination, harassment, or violence. While these processes can help elimina...