Harassment of women in the world of work

Harassment of women in the world of work is something that happens still exists today. For a long time these harassments were not denouncing but today it is more and more frequent that this subject is approached. The hashtag #metoo allowed many women to denounce harassment. The New York Times newspaper has been interested in these women who are victims of harassment in the world of work and specifically that of economists. How this harassment is present in this environment ?

1) Women in the world of work

Female economists are victims of inequalities in their workplace in the face of men. A minority of women teach economics, about 10%. And in the economy as a whole women represent about 20%, which means that they are very little represented in this environment.

These women know many unwanted sexual advances from male economists .

at the top of the hierarchy of economists, women are poorly represented. Which means that they have difficulty to accessing it.

The A.E.A (American Economic Association) has permit to force Mr. Fruyer to resign from his position on the Executive Committee. M. Fruyer was accused of several abuses on women

Finally, the discrimination of women starts at the selection of these people at the university

But the world of economists is not the only one affected by this harassment, all the others are also. Like the movie world with the Harvey Weinstein affair. This American movie producer was sexually abusing actresses.

In the world of sport also women are victims of sexual abuses. Dr. Larry Nassar has taken care of a lot of gymnasts and in a lot of cases has abused them for many years.

So even in an environment where women are not in the minority, they suffer prejudices

2) The solutions envisaged

For a long time economists have avoided acting for parity in their work on the assumption that discrimination would erase itself with competition. But in recent years, many studies show that discrimination still exists at all levels of the profession. so with many movements and the word of women who are freeing more and more, these cases of abuse and harassment are exposed to the light of day

The association of economists approved in 2018 its first code of professional conduct. It wants to provide equal opportunities for all economists, women and men, and equal treatment. And this association has put in place ways to handle harassment cases. But many women want to enforce this code more strictly against abuse. Which means that many cases of abuse stay unpunished

The hashtag #Metoo was born following the charges of Harvey Weinstein an American film producer who sexually abused many women. With this hashtag, many women began to