Prevalencia y manifestaciones de acoso sexual en una institución de educación superior privada en Quito, en el semestre marzo-agosto 2019

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out with the purpose of revealing the prevalence and manifestations of sexual harassment that occur in the university environment; based on the perspective of female university students attending a private university in Quito, between March and August 2019. This degree work is part of a larger one entitled "Study of the prevalence of sexual harassment in Ecuadorian Higher Education Institutions", which is part of the research project "Psychosocial intervention and gender violence" of the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana. The quantitative methodological perspective was used, the ASIES survey (Guarderas, et all, 2018) was used as a technique for data collection and production. The survey was conducted with 952 female students whose ages range from 18 to 35 years, of all the majors in a private university in Quito. The results of this investigation are: a) There is a high prevalence of sexual harassment in female students; however, several of the practices are naturalized and cut across women from all social strata.

b) Abuse of power is one of the forms of sexual harassment that is present in university environments.