Sexual Harassment In Australia

Sexual Harassment
By Georgina Mansell

Sexual advances or obscene remarks in an unwanted manner is sexual harassment. Although it predominantly occurs to women there are also cases where it involves men on the receiving end. The incident usually occurs in a professional or social situation and usually with a verbal comment or physical interaction.

Being sexually harassed has a massive impact in that persons life, family and friends. If you are sexually harassed the first thing to do is to inform someone about it. You will most definitely need support networks in this tough time and if appropriate family is the best people to go to and turn for advice and support. If you don't feel comfortable turning to family there is always friend groups

2 out of every 10 men will have experienced some sort of sexual harassment. 1 in 3 women between the ages of 18-64 have experienced sexual harassment. In 2008 4% of Australians experienced sexual harassment in the workplace compared to 11% in

One story was a young woman was forced to lay in her spilt milk until she cried. The male students did not allow her he too get up and were yelling and screaming at her. Another female student was told she HAS to have a ‘wet t-shirt’ at all times and was told to pour orange juice over her chest.

A completely different example of sexual harassment is that a few first year female students were invited to a ‘party’ but once they got there it was far from fun. They were surrounded by older male students and were yelled and screamed at. Harmful words were thrown at them such as “slut”, “skank” and then they repeatedly told the girls to “get the fuck out”. So the girls left.
This is endangering the lives of our younger generation. Our children should not be scared at any time. When we place our children in schooling systems we believe that they will be protected and are in a safe environment. We truly need to educate our younger generation more on the different types and stages of sexual