Patricia Redzewsky and Claudia Neusüß from compassorange today at #Mission female, the large women’s career network with input and exchange on the subject: sexual harassment and what to do about it?

Sexual harassment can be understood as unwelcome, sexually determined conduct (e.g. unwelcome sexual acts and requests for such acts, sexually determined touch, comments of a sexual nature, unwanted showing and visible posting of pornographic depictions). [das] It has the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of the person concerned, in particular when creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. (Source: Arbeitsrechte.de, own translation)

In her lecture, Patricia Redzewsky points out that, according to a study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (2013), transgender, transsexual and transident people are disproportionately affected by discrimination and harassment in all areas of life. In Germany, 33% of the trans people surveyed stated that they had been physically or sexually attacked, or had been exposed to discrimination and harassment at work.

“According to a study by the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (2019), every eleventh employed person (nine percent of those surveyed) was affected by sexual harassment at work in the last three years.” At 13 percent, women were more than twice as likely as men (five percent) affected.

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