Rising Tide: Our recent research revealed that sexual harassment is pervasive in the creative economy — 54% of self-employed and freelance women reported they have been harassed at least once. This is higher than the numbers already reported in the traditional 9-to-5 workforce, where 48% of currently employed women in the United States say they have been sexually harassed. The problem is far too commonplace, but victims are speaking up, empowered by movements like #MeToo, which elevate their collective voice to share unfortunate realities.
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I think the problem with how pervasive it is for people who are self employed is because we don't have a power structure or hierarchy to hold people accountable, and we often don't have anywhere to go to to report these things. This is especially true if you're a gig worker who may go from company to company on different jobs. Whats worse, which this article doesn't state, those who are gig workers have a more precarious work situation, and often won't speak up or try to combat the harassment because they could easily be fired or have their future employment threatened by one person, or at least that's the thought. What this site does to, however, is talk about contracts and adding sexual harassment clauses, which most freelancers would never think to do in a million years. That one step could not only help make employers more aware, but also give freelancers somewhere to go if and when sexual harassment ends up happening, and the ability to hold someone accountable that they didn't previously have.
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