The typical reaction towards women who have suffered any type of sexual discrimination is victim shaming, which often causes women not to report their attacks, similar to the incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace, and therefore companies may mistakenly believe that there is not a sexual harassment problem in the workplace. The physical and psychological effects of these incidents, such as the effects of rape, often leave employees unproductive in the workplace, however, others may generally attribute this to women's incompetence at work, due to their belief in negative ability stereotypes of women, thus jeopardizing women's work even more. This could make women even more susceptible to experiencing sexual harassment, especially if they are living with post-traumatic stress disorder due to previous trauma, as they are busier securing their jobs and are even more helpless in this fragile time.
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