Original Research
Reactions to sexual harassment of the physiotherapist
South African Journal of Physiotherapy | Vol 64, No 2 | a104 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v64i2.104
| © 2008 L. Bütow-Dûtoit, C.A. Eksteen, M. De Waal
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 07 January 2008 | Published: 19 February 2008
Submitted: 07 January 2008 | Published: 19 February 2008
About the author(s)
L. Bütow-Dûtoit, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of PretoriaC.A. Eksteen, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria
M. De Waal, Former director, Centre of Gender Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria
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This paper follows on a previous paper describing a studyconducted on sexual harassment in the physiotherapy work environment inSouth Africa. A survey questionnaire was used to determine the reactions ofphysiotherapists after they experienced their worst incidents of sexualharassment. The most common method of handling the sexual harassmentwas to avoid the perpetrator or situation. The most common effects relatedto work performance after the sexual harassment had occurred, were adecrease in concentration, job pleasure and confidence in job performanceand the most common emotional effect experienced was anger.
Keywords
physiotherapist; sexual harassment; sex offence; South Africa
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