@article{ref1,
title="Political differences in American reports of sexual harassment and assault",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2019",
author="Jose, Rupa and Fowler, James H. and Raj, Anita",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="886260519835003-886260519835003",
abstract="Political ideology has been linked to beliefs regarding sexual harassment and assault (SH&A). Using data from the January 2018 Stop Street Sexual Harassment online poll ( N = 2,009), this study examined associations of political identity and political ideology with self-reported experiences of being the victim of SH&A. SH&A experiences were coded into four mutually exclusive groups: none, non-physically aggressive harassment, physically aggressive harassment, or sexual assault. Sex-stratified logistic regression models assessed associations of interest, adjusting for participant demographics. Among women, more conservative political ideology was negatively associated with reports of sexual assault, odds ratio ( OR) = 0.85, 95% confidence interval ( CI) = [0.74, 0.98]. Among males, more conservative political ideology was negatively associated with reports of physically aggressive sexual harassment ( OR = 0.85, 95% CI = [0.73, 0.98]), and greater Republican affiliation was negatively associated with reports of sexual assault ( OR = 0.82, 95% CI = [0.68, 0.99]). Conservative and Republican women and men are thus less likely to report more severe forms of SH&A, which may explain differences in beliefs on these issues. Research is needed to determine if political differences are due to reporting biases or differential vulnerabilities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260519835003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260519835003"
}