Socionomstudenters kunskap och uppfattningar om sexuella trakasserier. En kvantitativ studie vid Lunds Universitet.
(2026) SOPB63 20252School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of how gender and term affiliation shaped social work students’ knowledge and perceptions of sexual harassment. This quantitative survey study utilized a sample consisting of 114 students from the Social Work Programme at Lund University. The study was built on Judith Butler’s gender theory and Kerstin Svensson’s theory of normality to analyze how knowledge and perceptions were structured. The analysis employed descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis to compare knowledge and perception indices based on gender and term affiliation. The results revealed clear patterns. Students in later terms reported significantly higher knowledge of the legal definition of sexual harassment and its... (More)
- The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of how gender and term affiliation shaped social work students’ knowledge and perceptions of sexual harassment. This quantitative survey study utilized a sample consisting of 114 students from the Social Work Programme at Lund University. The study was built on Judith Butler’s gender theory and Kerstin Svensson’s theory of normality to analyze how knowledge and perceptions were structured. The analysis employed descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis to compare knowledge and perception indices based on gender and term affiliation. The results revealed clear patterns. Students in later terms reported significantly higher knowledge of the legal definition of sexual harassment and its consequences compared to students in earlier terms. Male students reported statistically significantly higher knowledge of the university’s policy and reporting channels than female students, while female students reported higher knowledge of the legal definition. Regarding perceptions, female students displayed a statistically significantly higher level of tolerance and categorized more subtle situational behaviors such as sexual comments and jokes, as acceptable compared to male students. However, female students reported experiencing boundary difficulties and a culture of silence to a statistically significant higher degree. However, both female and male students generally disagreed that sexual harassment was normalized in the student environment. The study concluded that social work students' knowledge and perceptions were rooted in gender norms: requiring female students to develop higher problem awareness in complex "gray zones". Although legal knowledge increased with educational progression, the perception of normalization and the persistence of the culture of silence indicated that underlying social norms were more resistant than formal institutional learning. (Less)
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- author
- Skoog, Emilia LU and Scheipers, Carola LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20252
- year
- 2026
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- social work students, sexual harassment, knowledge, perceptions, gender, term affiliation
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9219802
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- 2026-02-03 15:57:53
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of how gender and term affiliation shaped social work students’ knowledge and perceptions of sexual harassment. This quantitative survey study utilized a sample consisting of 114 students from the Social Work Programme at Lund University. The study was built on Judith Butler’s gender theory and Kerstin Svensson’s theory of normality to analyze how knowledge and perceptions were structured. The analysis employed descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis to compare knowledge and perception indices based on gender and term affiliation. The results revealed clear patterns. Students in later terms reported significantly higher knowledge of the legal definition of sexual harassment and its consequences compared to students in earlier terms. Male students reported statistically significantly higher knowledge of the university’s policy and reporting channels than female students, while female students reported higher knowledge of the legal definition. Regarding perceptions, female students displayed a statistically significantly higher level of tolerance and categorized more subtle situational behaviors such as sexual comments and jokes, as acceptable compared to male students. However, female students reported experiencing boundary difficulties and a culture of silence to a statistically significant higher degree. However, both female and male students generally disagreed that sexual harassment was normalized in the student environment. The study concluded that social work students' knowledge and perceptions were rooted in gender norms: requiring female students to develop higher problem awareness in complex "gray zones". Although legal knowledge increased with educational progression, the perception of normalization and the persistence of the culture of silence indicated that underlying social norms were more resistant than formal institutional learning.}},
author = {{Skoog, Emilia and Scheipers, Carola}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Socionomstudenters kunskap och uppfattningar om sexuella trakasserier. En kvantitativ studie vid Lunds Universitet.}},
year = {{2026}},
}