 Studies show that the US holds “discriminatory nature” views, whereas Europe holds “violation of individual dignity” meaning that the United States focuses on the prejudiced side of harassment and Europe focuses on the invasion of personal space.In the bigger picture, the US tends to emphasize social rules, and Europe highlights the ethical and moral elements of street harassment.Cross-Cultural research of sexual harassment puts individualist countries such as United States, Canada, Germany and Netherlands in comparison to collectivist countries such as Ecuador, Pakistan, Turkey, the Philippines, and Taiwan.