Approximately five million people experience sexual harassment at work each year, while only 9,200 files a charge against their offender with the EEOC or state Fair Employment Practices Agencies. This means that 99.8% of victims never file a charge.
The reason for this is the fear of retaliation, decreased career advancement opportunities, losing a job, their issue not being handled well by their employer, and many more. Luckily, the EEOC finds a majority of workplace sexual harassment charges legally actionable.