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Sexual harassment could be harder to prove under new regulations released by the Education Department.
Sexual harassment claims are still too onerous for victims and rely too much on confidentiality.
The film misses an opportunity to highlight the broader problems of inequality and discrimination in the media.
The backlash has given way to a simmering male anxiety that an innocuous comment could lead to a sexual harassment accusation.
When you play ‘devil’s advocate’, you minimise the problem.
Engineering is in a better place than in 1989. More women are studying the field, and academic administrators and managers want to hire female engineers. But more work is still needed.
This searing new comics anthology edited by Diane Noomin shows us stories of sexual violence, harassment and – most critically – survival.
The paper “Me Too: Does Workplace Sexual Harassment Hurt Firm Value?” shows that firms with high levels of sexual harassment decline in value.
Good-character testimonies from some people don’t shield a person from being questioned about whether they have sexually harassed others.
Rates of unwelcome advances haven’t changed under Queensland’s ‘Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence’ policies. In one entertainment district, it happened to 26% of women the night they were interviewed.
What’s needed is strong leadership and sustained public pressure that makes it is harder for political parties to turn a blind eye to sexual harassment and assault.
Researchers asked women to log the times they felt sexually objectified on their smartphones. They found objectification harms women’s well-being – even if they’re just witnessing it.
There’s a woeful lack of data on sexual offences within the military. And the data that is available indicates there is a significant problem.
The Supreme Court created a guidelines that aimed for justices to treat women fairly. But it denied its own equality push when it came to the case of Baiq Nuril Maknun.
Major US environmental organizations have promised to diversify their staffs and boards for more than 20 years, but moved slowly. Will workplace scandals make a difference?
Sexual violence is a global phenomenon that’s been around for centuries.
Bright lighting alone does not make a space feel safe. It can blind and disorientate and create dark shadows at the edges. Tellingly, ‘unsafe’ places had much higher illuminance than ‘safe’ places.
By chance, a sociologist started an experiment the day sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein became public. As the #MeToo movement gained steam, people’s responses changed.
Since #MeToo, the number of women and men who say that they’ve been sexually assaulted or harassed in recent months has not changed much.
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, XYX Lab, and Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, Women's & Gender Studies, and Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Plymouth
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology