B A C K
This survey was administered in the Branford, Berkeley, Calhoun, Davenport, Jonathan Edwards, Trumble, Saybrook, Silliman, Pierson, Morse dining halls between Nov. 7-9.
A total of 489 people responded to this survey, over 150 more took the survey but did not include their sex or year, so were not counted.
Responses to questions on the survey were confidential.
| 221 males were surveyed, 258 females. | ||
| Class of '00: | 58 males | 62 females |
| Class of '99: | 87 males | 97 females |
| Class of '98: | 37 males | 53 females |
| Class of '97: | 39 males | 46 females |
What is sexual harassment?
a. Talk about sexual subject matter- 56% males, 62 % females, 59% total b. Personal questions- 68% males, 79% females, 74% total c. Social invite- 37% males, 34% females, 35% total d. Physical Contact- 85% males, 92% females, 89% total e. Sexual Relationship- 33% males, 40% females, 37% total f. Relations not harassment- 40%, 30% females, 35% total
Students who say they have been harassed by professors of T.A.'s (in numbers because the percentages are so small):
A professor has asked personal information in a way that made the
student uncomfortable:
10 female, 5 male
A professor has made looks that made a student feel uncomfortable:
13 female, 4 male
Offered personal information in a way that made the student uncomfortable:
10 female, 5 male
Inappropriate social invitations
7 females, 1 male
Physical contact that was unwelcome:
6 female, 2 male
Sexual Relationships:
3 female: 1 consensual and 1 resulting in a formal complaint,
(none male)
89% of males have heard of the Jorgensen case
99% females
95% total
98% of sophomores, 93% of freshmen, 95% of junior, 88% of seniors
4% have not heard of the Jorgensen case, for males
1% females
2% total
78% of males heard via the YDN
90% females
83% of total
Reaction to the Jorgensen case:
a. Such relations are tolerable
- 27% males, 18% females, 23% total
b. Perhaps this was not a consensual relationship
- 49% males, 59% females, 54% total
c. Such Relations inherently nonconsensual
- 6% males, 13% females, 10% total
e. Professors should not have relations with students (vs. a)
- 37% males, 41% females, 39% total
Student opinion of Brodhead:
a. Brodhead should have fired Jorgensen,
- 26% males, 27% females, 27%total
b. He should have made a stronger statement against sexual harassment
- 30% males, 47% females, 39% total
c. BrodheadUs decision was prompt, fair, appropriate
- 22% males, 14% females, 17% total
d. Brodhead should not have fired Jorgensen
- 19% males, 8% females, 13% total
If you felt you were being harassed by a professor, would you go to the grievance board?
Yes: 70% males, 69% females, 70% total No: 24% males, 19% females, 22% total
Do you know how/ where to file a complaint with the grievance board?
Yes: 6% males, 10% females, 8% total No: 90%males, 87% females, 88% total
Should the grievance board have more power?
Yes: 28% males, 44% females, 37% total No: 65% males, 41% females, 52% total
