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Even in egalitarian Sweden, a "culture of silence" may prevent university staff and students from reporting sexual harassment

03.26.25 | PLOS

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Even in egalitarian Sweden, a "culture of silence" may prevent university staff and students from reporting sexual harassment, with just an 8.1% reporting rate for students who had experienced either rape or attempted rape.

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Article URL : https://plos.io/4bW0elh

Article title: What determines the ‘culture of silence’? Disclosing and reporting sexual harassment among university employees and students at a large Swedish public university

Author countries: Sweden

Funding: This work was funded by the Swedish Research Council, grant number 2018-02457, main applicant AA. URL: https://www.vr.se/english.html The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0319407

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Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
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Press Office of the Faculty of Medicine
Lund University
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How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, March 26). Even in egalitarian Sweden, a "culture of silence" may prevent university staff and students from reporting sexual harassment. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LQ4R7MG8/even-in-egalitarian-sweden-a-culture-of-silence-may-prevent-university-staff-and-students-from-reporting-sexual-harassment.html
MLA:
"Even in egalitarian Sweden, a "culture of silence" may prevent university staff and students from reporting sexual harassment." Brightsurf News, Mar. 26 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LQ4R7MG8/even-in-egalitarian-sweden-a-culture-of-silence-may-prevent-university-staff-and-students-from-reporting-sexual-harassment.html.