A 1990 survey of working women in Beaumont, Texas, concerning their perceptions of sexual harassment in the workplace and their knowledge of the rights of women to file lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and under civil law

The purposes of this study are to determine whether women in Beaumont, Texas, perceive sexual harassment to exist in the workplace, to determine how much women know about their right to file suit for sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as well as under Civil law, and to determine how likely women would be to file a lawsuit if they were sexually harassed.; The results indicate that the women surveyed do perceive that sexual harassment is occurring in the workplace. The percentage of women who reported that they had been sexually harassed is 32 percent with 20 percent stating the harassment occurred since 1986. Most often the harassment comes from the supervisor. The type of harassment most often experienced is the kind classified as creating a hostile environment. Over two thirds of the women are willing to have a trial in court if necessary.