Sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape by colleagues in the surgical workforce, and how women and men are living different realities: observational study using NHS population-derived weights
dc.contributor.author | Begeny, CT | |
dc.contributor.author | Arshad, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Cuming, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Dhariwal, DK | |
dc.contributor.author | Fisher, RA | |
dc.contributor.author | Franklin, MD | |
dc.contributor.author | Jackson, PM | |
dc.contributor.author | McLachlan, GM | |
dc.contributor.author | Searle, RH | |
dc.contributor.author | Newlands, C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-12T13:11:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-09-12 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-09-12T11:04:11Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Background This observational study, paired with National Health Service (NHS) workforce population data, examined gender differences in surgical workforce members’ experiences with sexual misconduct (sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape) among colleagues in the past 5 years, and their views of the adequacy of accountable organizations in dealing with this issue. Methods This was a survey of UK surgical workforce members, recruited via surgical organizations. Results Some 1704 individuals participated, with 1434 (51.5 per cent women) eligible for primary unweighted analyses. Weighted analyses, grounded in NHS England surgical workforce population data, used 756 NHS England participants. Weighted and unweighted analyses showed that, compared with men, women were significantly more likely to report witnessing, and be a target of, sexual misconduct. Among women, 63.3 per cent reported being the target of sexual harassment versus 23.7 per cent of men (89.5 per cent witnessing versus 81.0 per cent of men). Additionally, 29.9 per cent of women had been sexually assaulted versus 6.9 per cent of men (35.9 per cent witnessing versus 17.1 per cent of men), with 10.9 per cent of women experiencing forced physical contact for career opportunities (a form of sexual assault) versus 0.7 per cent of men. Being raped by a colleague was reported by 0.8 per cent of women versus 0.1 per cent of men (1.9 per cent witnessing versus 0.6 per cent of men). Evaluations of organizations’ adequacy in handling sexual misconduct were significantly lower among women than men, ranging from a low of 15.1 per cent for the General Medical Council to a high of 31.1 per cent for the Royal Colleges (men’s evaluations: 48.6 and 60.2 per cent respectively). Conclusion Sexual misconduct in the past 5 years has been experienced widely, with women affected disproportionately. Accountable organizations are not regarded as dealing adequately with this issue. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 12 September 2023 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad242 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/133972 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-4734-8840 (Begeny, Christopher T) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) / BJS Society Ltd | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://osf.io/q4th5/ | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of BJS Society Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.title | Sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape by colleagues in the surgical workforce, and how women and men are living different realities: observational study using NHS population-derived weights | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-12T13:11:35Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Oxford University Press via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: Data underlying the findings in this article are available at the Center for Open Science (https://osf.io/q4th5/). To preserve participant anonymity, this publicly accessible version of the data does not contain any free-text responses from participants, and some information has been aggregated or redacted to avoid potential identification of individual participants. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1365-2168 | |
dc.identifier.journal | British Journal of Surgery | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | British Journal of Surgery | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-07-01 | |
dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2023-04-25 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-09-12 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-09-12T11:04:15Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-09-12T13:11:38Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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