Cultural and Gender Biases regarding Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in the Romanian Military Organization

Abstract

Inappropriate sexual behaviors represent a serious individual and collective health issue for organizations, including military ones. In addition to the direct negative impact on its victims, they create an unhealthy work environment, having important consequences on performance and readiness. The purpose of this study is to evaluate different aspects which may contribute to lowering the level of acceptability of such behaviors. Are there any cultural biases, including gender biases that relate to the level of acceptance of inappropriate sexual behaviors? Could certain aspects of opened-minded thinking or a certain level of morality in relation to certain behaviors of a sexual nature moderate this possible relationship?

Keywords:

• Behavior
• military
• heterosexuality
• organizational health
• assessment