7 in 10 female surgical trainees say they’ve been sexually harassed: US

While females are mostly harassed by doctors, males are harassed by nurses, survey reports
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Seven in 10 young female surgical registrars responding to a survey say they experienced at least one form of sexual harassment during their training, a US study shows.

And nearly half of all 270 surgical trainees (male and female) who replied to the survey said they had experienced sexual harassment.