in male sexual harassment claims with almost a third of the claims filed from men. And another insight from EEOC statistics—states that were hardest hit by the recession, such as Michigan and California, had a corresponding increase in male claims of sexual harassment.
To summarize the problem:
Stephen Anderson, president of Anderson-davis Inc., a workplace training company in Denver, says filing a claim is often a no-win situation for a man. “If a woman is harassing you, people might think ‘What is wrong with you? You should be flattered,’ ” he says. In cases where another man is the harasser, the victim might be afraid that he comes across as unmanly or homosexual, he says.
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