The Federal Court decision wasn’t a surprise but raises questions about the way we handle sexual harassment in the legal system.
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In the wake of the allegations about Dyson Heydon, a key outstanding question is reforming Australia’s opaque judicial appointments system.
We have strong sexual harassment laws on paper. But there is too much emphasis on victims coming forward and making a complaint.
The culture of the legal profession has been built by men for men over centuries. It continues to rely heavily on personal networks that reinforce the status quo.
There is a vacuum within the legal profession that allows sexist, racist and other troubling conduct to go unaddressed. This must change.
Sexual harassment is endemic within the law. This inquiry’s finding must be the catalyst for genuine and long overdue change in the profession.
Forty years since Fame showed the vulnerability of performing arts students, we can still do more to protect them. As we resume physical contact, we can use performance to renegotiate safe intimacy.
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.
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Journalism, City, University of London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Plymouth
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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, Yale University
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
