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Public Sexual Harassment: The Perceptions of Men and Women About How
Women Dresses Themselves in Public Places
Aballe, J.C., Bandija, J. V., Quinones, J. J., Caballero, M. I., Catacutan, C.M.,
Lizada, K. F. E., & Quiroda, N. A.
INTRODUCTION
Women have freedom to dress as they please but that doesn’t mean that
they are degrading themselves. Studies suggest that women's clothing is a factor
in offences (such as sexual assault), while other studies suggest that clothing is
not a factor in determining who is the victim (Beiner, 2007). The public sexual
sexual humor, displaying porn videos, drawing sexual nature pictures, and
inappropriate behaviors towards women can violate their basic rights and dignity
2007). Research have also shown that the harassment remained silent or
In Philippines statistics, 88% among women between the ages 18-24 years,
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sexual harassment has occurred at least once. There are many reasons why
women get sexually harassed in public places. And one of the reasons is the way
women dress.
According to Dean Burnnet (2018), the idea that women are able to dress
in a way that causes such a strong sexual arousal response is created beyond
the limits of self-control. The woman decided to look like she does, the man had
no choice to get so excited, so the fault lies with her. Legally, it's not working at
he desperately wants sex, it remains her choice as to who she has sex with. A
certain kinds of women’s clothing and behavior. Therefore, the outfit of a woman
reasons. For example, she might wear more revealing clothes to work because
modern fashions are often more revealing than previous decades' fashions, so a
(Loofthouse, 2010).
There was a time when women in this country did not even wear blouses
with saris. The rate of sexual harassment was much lower back then. How
can outfits be the reason behind rape then?” Bangla Tribune Chief Reporter
Udisa Islam also stated, “While reporting on the topic of rape and its relation
people talk about rape and clothing, it is always about women’s clothing and
not men’s clothing. It is not logical to only blame outfits for rape. Just
because a person is sexually aroused, it does not give him the right to
when a person is sexually excited they need to keep this in mind.” A teacher
of New Earth Kindergarten and cyclist Salma Akhter Runi said that the lack
of punishment is one of the major causes behind the rise in rape and sexual
construction worker walking to school. Ultimately, to escape the man, she d iverted
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to a longer route.Operating in her office, a woman suffered th ree years of her
colleagues' incessant demands for sexual favors — making her feel humiliated and
lose focus at work. A 13-year-old girl was raped by her uncle in her room. Her
mother was afraid of the consequences of telling her father when she told her
mother about the incident. Silently, the girl succumbed to the pain (Soriano, 2019).
values, each member of the academic community must be treated with respect
and dignity. Sexual harassment impedes the Ateneo de Davao University's pursuit
and the 1995 Anti-Sexual Harassment Act. Any director, member of the staff, or
termination of employment.
In this study, not only the women’s perception this paper attempts to identify
but also the views of men towards sexual harassment. The paper also sought to
understand which women found most dissatisfied with the current state of affairs
public places for senior high school students at Holy Child College of
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
a) Identify the perceptions of men and women towards how women dress
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
themselves really the reason why they get sexually harassed, specifically it will
1. Do all men feel sexual pleasure seeing women wearing showy clothes?
3. Is it normal for men to feel sexual pleasure seeing women wearing showy
clothes?