VOA慢速英語(yǔ)：三成女性曾在工作中遭受性騷擾

三成女性曾在工作中遭受性騷擾

A Japanese government study reports almost one-third of women say they have been sexually harassed at work.

一項(xiàng)日本政府調(diào)查顯示，幾乎有三成女性曾在工作中遭受性騷擾。

The women said they had suffered from unwanted physical contact, insulting comments and other harassment.

那些女性表示她們?cè)馐苓^(guò)非自愿的身體接觸、屈辱性的言語(yǔ)羞辱和其他性騷擾行為。

It is the first government study of the sexual harassment of Japanese women at work. It was released Tuesday.

這是日本政府做的第一次對(duì)日本工作女性遭受性騷擾方面的調(diào)查。該報(bào)告于周二發(fā)布。

Researchers said more than 9,600 women employees answered questions by mail or online. They said 18 percent of the women who were asked to take part in the study agreed to do so.

調(diào)查者表示，9,600多名女性通過(guò)郵件或在線回答問(wèn)題。18%的女性愿意接受調(diào)查。

29 percent of those who answered said they suffered sexual harassment at work.

29%的被調(diào)查者表示曾在工作中遭受性騷擾。

54 percent of that group said their face, body or age was discussed.

54%的人表示被談及容貌、年齡及身體特征。

40 percent said they suffered unwanted touching.

40%的人表示遭受不必要的身體接觸

38 percent were asked sexually related questions.

28%被問(wèn)過(guò)與性相關(guān)的問(wèn)題。

27 percent were asked to eat a meal together or go on a date.

27%的人被要求共同進(jìn)餐或出去約會(huì)。

Researchers said they also reported receiving many complaints from pregnant women who said they were bullied into quitting their jobs.

調(diào)查者說(shuō)他們還收到過(guò)孕婦的投訴，她們被威脅辭職。

In many Japanese companies, women and men are treated differently.Gender roles remain traditional in Japan, observers say.

許多日本公司差別對(duì)待男女。調(diào)查者說(shuō)，性別歧視仍很嚴(yán)重。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

我是喬納森·埃文斯。