Human Rights Commission finds 71% of Australians have been sexually harassed

More than 85% of women and 56% of men report being sexually harassed at some time, but reporting rates are dropping

One in three people have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years, according to authoritative new research by the Australian Human Rights Commission – a significant increase in the prevalence rate recorded by previous surveys.

The study to be released in Canberra on Wednesday finds 71% of Australians have been sexually harassed at some point in their lifetimes, with more than four in five (85%) of Australian women and more than half (56%) of Australian men over the age of 15 experiencing the behaviour.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2O80JwR
via
0 Comments