Two thirds of academics have experienced gender violence
But only 13% report it, survey of 42,000 researchers and students across Europe shows
Almost two thirds of academics have experienced at least one form of violence because of their gender or gender expression, according to a Europe-wide survey of 42,000 researchers. They were most likely to report psychological violence followed by sexual harassment.
The study involved staff and students at 46 research organisations and universities and had a response rate of around 4%. Unlike similar projects, the survey defines six different forms of gender-based violence: physical; psychological (such as abusive comments, being spoken over); economic (for example, unfairly restricting access to financial resources by withholding a grant); sexual; and online (for example, non-consensual distribution of sexual images).