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Abstract

The present research is a detailed quantitative study on the effects of harassment on working women in a male dominated workplace environment. Workplace harassment is not a new phenomenon, rather, a well-known problem all around the world. Under the male domination, working women tend to face incidences of harassment. Traditionally developed gender roles portray women as subordinate and sex objects for men everywhere. Social structure of the society imposes male’s superiority while assigned gender roles of man and women describes the former as bread earner for the family. This division of labor creates lot of issues for working women at workplace, harassment being one of them. The ratio of harassment at workplace is high at male dominated organizations. Harassment affects the women both mentally, and physically. The hypothesis of present study is analyzed through SPSS. A sample of 500 respondents was selected via simple random sampling from educational institutes of Quetta Balochistan (Pakistan). Results of the Chi-square test show that there is a significant association between harassment and male dominancy at workplace. Women’s basic rights are exploited due to males’ sovereignty in labor markets. Harassment affects the performance of working women and intensifies job dissatisfaction among female workers. Thus, unhealthy environment at workplace raises absenteeism, affects productivity and career growth.