Hungarians’ views on sexual harassment – Survey

Publicus and Vasárnapi Hírek conducted a representative survey investigating what Hungarians think in connection with the recently surfaced sexual harassment cases (e.g. the Harvey Weinstein or Louis C.K. cases) and their social assessments. The survey was conducted between 11-15 November. 1001 Hungarian participants of voting age filled in the survey. Let’s see the results.

9 out of 10 participants (85%) have heard about the cases of sexual harassment recently made public. 66% (two thirds) of the participants think that these sexual harassment cases are outrageous. Approximately 16% of respondents (every 6^th participant) think that these cases happen and they were not surprised by them at all.

Majority of respondents (84%) think that cases of sexual harassment are important societal issues.

Who is responsible?

More than half of the participants (53%) think that the primary reason why cases of sexual harassment have no legal consequences is society’s attitude towards these issues. Participants think that state institutions, the police, court and prosecution are all responsible too.

28% of participants think that even victims are to blame for why harassment cases have no legal consequences.

53 % of participants think that authorities are not handling sexual harassment cases well, and that is a reason why a lot of people decide not to press charges.