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Insight: May 12

This week, Insight hears from women about their experiences of being sexually harassed at work.

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This week Insight hears from women about their experiences of being harassed at work and from a man who’s been fired for harassing women.

Sydney surgeon Dr Gabrielle McMullin caused an outroar recently when she said sexual harassment in hospitals is so rife that young trainees would be better off giving in to requests for sex than risk their careers by making a complaint.

According to a national phone survey, the majority of people who experience sexual harassment do not report it. Hear the lengths people are going to in order to avoid making an official complaint.

The program asks how you can change an entire culture if inappropriate behaviour is common in your workplace.

Guests include:
“Brian”
“She went to the human resources department and complained about what was said and then I was viewed seemingly as a pervert within the organisation.”

Jemma
“I believe that a sexual predator came to my workplace …I believe that what happened to me on that Friday night was premeditated.”

Gina
On deciding not to make a complaint: “Stupidly I didn’t want to cause any trouble for him. He was married, I didn’t want to make things bad for him even though it was uncomfortable for me.”

Elizabeth Broderick
Sex Discrimination Commissioner: “Sexual harassment doesn’t jump out of nowhere, it grows in organisations where demeaning attitudes about women are okay and where there’s no courageous leadership.”

Catherine Cahill
Works in HR: “It’s not just men against women. It’s really when you have a difference in power…I have seen cases where it’s senior women preying on junior men.”

Tuesday at 8.30pm on SBS ONE.

2 Responses

  1. I never had to work under a woman before until a single mongrel female in her 50s became “Manager” She invited each one of us to visit her in her open office. As a mature married person, I chose not to approach her alone. Within a month, the Manager came up to the open office where we worked and said “Kiss me boys, it’s my Birthday!”. I found her behavior unacceptable. Later, a female who resigned under the Manager within a week sent an anonymous letter to HR complaining about our Manager. We were all interrogated and placed under suspicion of “prejudice” and insubordination. Few years later, arrived a new male Manager who was 32, and married. He chose to freely have relationships with the two young single women in their 20s. After a year, I could no longer stand the workplace for its total lack of worth ethics especially when boasting to be an international company, and submitted my…

  2. This episode appears to be so sexist from the description. What about men that may be sexually harassed at work by other men or indeed by women? I hope it’s a balanced show and includes stories from people in all different industries and of course from both genders.

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