Foxy, in my view every single hurdle that is placed in front of employers results in a possible change to their running of a business.

Now the easiest way to avoid sexual harrasment in the workplace is to stop employing women.

Also, there are some women who play the game when it suits, then change their stance if and when they are having a bad day.

Now I am not suggesting that what happens is right, however, often the easiest option is to aviod the situation.

The old 'Prevention is better than cure'.

Belly, I’m not sure why this woman would be a wreck from seeing a couple of poofs going at it in the shrubbery!

I mean, this was completely non-threatening to her and she evidently knew exactly what was going on in this area and what she might see occasionally.

She is more likely to be deeply affected by the lack of action from her reports of these incidents, rather than from seeing sexual activity. So I can’t see that this example has much to do with sexual harassment.

I know of many people, including myself to an enormous extent, who have become very disillusioned with poor management and lack of results from one’s enthusiastic efforts to do the right thing and the engendering of a bad reputation for your efforts.

I used to be a national parks resource ranger for many years.

BTW the way, I use the term ‘poofs’ in a colourful manner. I have no problem with homosexuality per se.

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Oh phoowey! |>(

Thank you WAU.

Some of the language being used in some posts "this little lady" really highlights the existing prejudice against women who make these sorts of claims.

I really do hope that some of you provide support to your daughters, wives, mothers or sisters should they come to you having experienced this sort of unpleasant harassment in the workplace.

So what are we to do? For the doubting thomases, how do you police SH issues in the workplace?

I get the impression that most of you think women just make this stuff up or exaggerate the impact. The natural consequence of this is that perpetrators and would-be perpetrators now have a free pass.

The workplace is where productivity takes place it should be a safe place for men and women (men get SH too) free from groping hands or continual sexual text messages from one's boss (or whatever the case might be).

We are getting too hung up on the money so that the wood cannot be seen for the trees, particularly as the money was to highlight the problem and most of it will be donated to charity.

It is a stark juxtaposition that in defending some behaviour by men previously on OLO using the 'male biology' defence suddenly disappears when it comes to accusations of SH. Suddenly that 'biology' is nowhere to be seen.

PS: BTW I don't buy into the male biology argument as I think men are more than capable of using their commonsense, sense of fair play and knowing right from wrong.

But it is interesting that the advocates of men being at the mercy of their biology are strangely silent when it comes to issues of SH.

what about the victims who suffered all the abuse in the children institutional children homes that the goverment of australia still cover up about

where and why have we victims not been given any justice , just a sorry from a former prime minister kevin rudd , we victims were subject to so much sexual harrassment and that of rape and abuse , yet no one seems to care about us forgotten australians , what a weak and slack goverment australia has not to care about us victims