Marist Poll: 1-In-3 Women Have Been Sexually Harassed at Work

One third of women have experienced sexual harassment or abuse in their workplace, a new poll from PBS NewsHour, NPR, and Marist Poll found.

Respondents were asked if they had personally experienced sexual harassment or abuse from another person where they work:

• 22 percent of all respondents said yes.
• 77 percent of all respondents said no.
• 35 percent of women said yes.
• 65 percent of women said no.
• 9 percent of men said yes.
• 91 percent of men said no.

The majority of respondents said their employer does enough to protect against harassment and abuse:

• 87 percent of all said yes.
• 88 percent of men said yes.
• 85 percent of women said yes.

The pollsters also asked who is more likely to be believed in the case of workplace sexual harassment or abuse:

• 64 percent said the accuser.
• 18 percent said the accused.

Marist, in collaboration with NPR and PBS NewsHour, contacted 1,019 adults by phone from Nov. 13-15, and the poll has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

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