The public outing of a number of high profile scientists in sexual harassment cases shows the current system of protecting women isn’t working. But there is a solution.
In order to cope with the rigours of policing, police are expected to be strong, resilient and unemotional in dangerous situations.
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Sexual harassment is a persistent and damaging problem in many Australian workplaces. But why does it appear to be an entrenched feature of some organisational settings more than others?
Tunisian women marking International Women’s Day. The country scores poorly when it comes to women’s safety.
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The world is generally not safe for women. But some projects in North Africa provide a glimpse of hope as the world marks the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Why should astronomy be different from any other field when it comes to sexual harassment?
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Cyberhate would deny women their full democratic rights as citizens, yet this is trivialised and dismissed – just as sexual violence, discrimination and workplace harassment have been for decades.
Domestic violence needn’t be only physical, but can extend to online harassment and control.
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Jenny Ostini, University of Southern Queensland and Susan Hopkins, University of Southern Queensland
Technology violence is a term that encompasses all types of harassment and abuse that occurs online and serves to control or intimidate women in particular.
The majority of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a man known to the victim.
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Australia is at a critical juncture of increasing awareness and understanding of men’s violence against women. But one important type of sexual violence is often overlooked: acquaintance rape.
87% of Australian women have experienced some form of physical or verbal street harassment.
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You may not have heard the term “street harassment”, but if you’re a woman in Australia, you’ve probably experienced it: whistles, stares, comments by strangers in the street.
Some doctors will struggle to adapt to a less deferential society in which they are expected to be humble and human team-players.
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Medical culture’s hierarchical and autocratic nature harms not just patients and students but doctors too. The good news is that change is in the air – but it won’t be easy.
Fewer than one in three surgical trainees are women and the numbers fall as doctors reach advanced training.
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In a high-pressure surgical environment, where older male consultants dominate, and there is great competition for training positions and jobs, women are vulnerable to sexual harassment.
Rape and death threats on Twitter? Not on.
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The Women, Action and the Media (WAM) activist group announced on Friday a collaboration with Twitter to address online harassment of women, which it claims has “reached crisis levels”. The group, concerned…
Print or pixels, words hurt the same.
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Video games, Jane Austen, and a Welsh footballer: it might seem these three have nothing in common, but all have been the basis for online abuse targeted specifically at women. Of course, both men and…
Online abuse can follow victims around.
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There is a vocal minority on social media that use the platforms to attack others, often with impunity. These cyber bullies or online trolls, use words and in some cases other means to cause harm – for…
One in five Australians believe violence can be excused if the offender later regrets it.
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The latest National Community Attitudes Survey on Violence against Women (NCAS), released today, shows that most measures of community understanding and attitudes on violence against women have not improved…
Scientists can be victims of sexual abuse from their peers just as in any institution.
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The life sciences have come under fire recently with a study published in PLOS ONE that investigated the level of sexual harassment and sexual assault of trainees in academic fieldwork environments. The…
Ever since the coup in Egypt last July, university students have been at the forefront of battling military rule. A surge in anti-coup protests by students in the last two months demonstrates that they…
Egyptian women waiting to vote in January’s constitutional referendum.
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Many colleagues and friends have asked me about the surge and intensity of sexual harassment in Egypt, which has already received plenty of attention within academia and the international media. They ask…
University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Psychology, Women's & Gender Studies, and Management & Organizations, University of Michigan