According to a survey conducted at the end of November 2020, there were some behaviors that were considered to be severe forms of sexual abuse by the vast majority of the Italian public opinion. These included: touching (or lightly touching) one's private parts without their consent, sending images of someone engaging in a sexual activity to third parties, and having sexual intercourse with someone who is drunk or under the effect of drugs. Opinions of this kind were shared by men and women alike. The most significant gender-induced difference in the respondents' answers was found in attitudes towards pushing one's partner to engage in sexual intercourse. In fact, 67 percent of the women interviewed regarded this to be a form of severe sexual harassment, while this was true for 58 percent of male respondents. In general, women seemed more inclined to consider certain inappropriate behaviors to be instances of severe sexual abuse.
Do you think this behavior can be considered a form of severe sexual harassment?
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Le elenchiamo ora una serie di comportamenti. Per ciascuno di essi le chiediamo se ritiene che possa essere considerato una forma di abuso sessuale?".
The methodology used was a mixture of CATI (Computer-assisted telephone interviews), CAMI (Computer-assisted mobile interviews), and CAWI (Computer-assisted web interviews).
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