Most women don’t complain. Only about 8 to 10 percent of women [who’ve experienced harassment] file a complaint. They see what happens to other people who do; they’re cut off socially and professionally. What pushes people to complain is that they think the situation is so bad that they have nothing to lose. Most will quit or ask to be transferred. Or they’ll drink a lot.
— Professor Joanna Grossman of Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, commenting on why so few female attorneys who have experienced sexual harassment at law firms file complaints, in an all-encompassing interview with Vivia Chen of The Careerist.
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