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<p>We study the extent to which perceptions of sexual harassment at work can be modified through a light information intervention. We conducted an online survey with 12,000 respondents in Spain, and we asked which of six behaviors they classified as sexual harassment. Respondents were then randomly assigned to control and treatment groups, with the treatment group receiving published statistics on how the Spanish population classifies these behaviors. Then, we re-elicited perceptions, and also asked whether the respondent had experienced such behaviors (victimization) or engaged in them (perpetration). We find that the information treatment significantly increased the fraction of respondents classifying severe behaviors (e.g., groping) as harassment, with no significant effect on milder behaviors (e.g., insulting jokes). Victimization reports were largely unaffected, with only marginal evidence of an increase in reports of hearing insulting jokes, while perpetration was more responsive, with the treatment increasing acknowledgment of making insulting jokes as well as (marginally) more severe behaviors. Our findings provide a basis for understanding how interventions can shape perceptions of workplace sexual harassment.</p>

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Did they even know it was harassment? Shifting perceptions through information

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年6月24日

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  • Aysu Avci,
  • Lídia Farre,
  • Libertad González

摘要

We study the extent to which perceptions of sexual harassment at work can be modified through a light information intervention. We conducted an online survey with 12,000 respondents in Spain, and we asked which of six behaviors they classified as sexual harassment. Respondents were then randomly assigned to control and treatment groups, with the treatment group receiving published statistics on how the Spanish population classifies these behaviors. Then, we re-elicited perceptions, and also asked whether the respondent had experienced such behaviors (victimization) or engaged in them (perpetration). We find that the information treatment significantly increased the fraction of respondents classifying severe behaviors (e.g., groping) as harassment, with no significant effect on milder behaviors (e.g., insulting jokes). Victimization reports were largely unaffected, with only marginal evidence of an increase in reports of hearing insulting jokes, while perpetration was more responsive, with the treatment increasing acknowledgment of making insulting jokes as well as (marginally) more severe behaviors. Our findings provide a basis for understanding how interventions can shape perceptions of workplace sexual harassment.