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Table 2 Total percentage and percentage of different forms of experienced sexual harassment and statement results stratified by sex

From: Medical education too: sexual harassment within the educational context of medicine – insights of undergraduates

Key Results

Totala

Femaleb

Maleb

Reported personally experienced verbal sexual harassment

41.3

87.4

12.6

Reported personally experienced physical sexual harassment

31.8

87.6

12.4

Reported personally experienced forced sexual contact/intercourse

8.5

94.0

6.0

Statement 1: Our undergraduates are aware of sexual harassment within the medical field.

74.8

74.6

25.4

Statement 2: Our female students have personally experienced sexual harassment in general.

21.7

87.6

12.3

Statement 3: Physical sexual harassment and forced sexual contact is experienced by our female students.

31.0

97.5

2.5

Perpetrator groups as mentioned by students in the survey and sex of victims of sexual harassment stratified by

 Patients

18.3

88.4

11.6

 Superiors

7.0

93.7

6.3

  1. aRelated to the total number of respondents (n = 623)
  2. bRelated to the total number of those who have personally experienced either verbal, physical or forced sexual contact
  3. The first three items present prevalence of personally experienced forms of harassment, while the statements combined several responses to one item