@article{ref1,
title="Advancing sexual harassment prevention and elimination in the sciences: "every sexual health organization must do something similar."",
journal="Sexually transmitted diseases",
year="2022",
author="Jennings, Jacky M. and Grieb, Suzanne M. and Rietmeijer, Cornelis and Gaydos, Charlotte A. and Hawkins, Rima and Thurston, Rebecca C. and Blanchard, James and Cameron, Caroline E. and Lewis, David A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Sexual harassment is pervasive in science. A 2018 report found that the prevalence of sexual harassment in academia in the U.S. is 58%. An activity held at an international scientific congress was designed to advance sexual harassment prevention and elimination and empower binary and non-binary persons at risk for harassment, discrimination, and violence. The objective is to describe the activity and outcomes to provide a promising model for other scientific communities. <br><br>METHODS: A description of the plenary and key components as well as the data collection and analysis of selected outcomes are provided. <br><br>RESULTS: Among 1,338 congress participants from 61 countries, 526 (39%) attended the #MeToo plenary and the majority engaged in some way during the plenary session. Engagement included standing for the pledge (~85%), participating in the question and answer session (n = 5), seeking counseling (n = 3), and/or providing written post-it comments (n = 96). Respondents to a post-congress survey (N = 388, 24% of all attendees) ranked the plenary as number one among 14 congressional plenaries. In post-analysis, the written post-it comments were sorted into 14 themes within 6 domains including: (1) emotional responses, (2) barriers to speaking out, (3) public health priorities, (4) reframing narratives about the issue, (5) allyship, and (6) moving the issue forward. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Scientific organizations, agencies, and institutions have an important role to play in setting norms and changing enabling policies towards a zero-tolerance culture of sexual harassment. The activity presented offers a promising model for scientific communities with similar goals. The outcomes suggest that the plenary successfully engaged participants and had a measurable impact on the participants.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0148-5717",
doi="10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001683",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001683"
}