Keywords: Sexual Harassment
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AUSTRALIA
- Madeleine Hamilton
- 31 August 2012
15 Comments
The post-war migration policy favoured single men as labour for the burgeoning heavy industries. By the mid-1950s thousands of lonely male migrants populated the cities, and many local women found them threatening. Like those women, Slutwalk participants defend their right to walk the streets wearing what they want without being harassed.
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MEDIA
- Catherine Marshall
- 20 February 2012
33 Comments
For all the things Qantas stands accused of — selling out its Australian employees, uncompetitive pricing, bad management — it appears to be respectful of women. A ticket on a Virgin flight, on the other hand, brings with it the allure of sex, the commodity on which the company's brand has been built.
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AUSTRALIA
- Trish Madigan
- 06 January 2012
3 Comments
One website proudly proclaimed that Egypt's protests were a safe space for women. In fact women were on the frontline. They were part of a long history of women who have struggled for recognition of their human rights in Egypt. Published 15 February 2011
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AUSTRALIA
- Justin Glyn
- 08 August 2011
2 Comments
In 1994 gay-rights activist Nicholas Toonen succesfully challenged Tasmanian laws criminalising homosexual acts. As Australia considers reforming its privacy laws, the case remains a good illustration of the deeper questions about the balance between state power and competing moral claims.
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MEDIA
- Ellena Savage
- 27 May 2011
9 Comments
Slutwalk is an international feminist movement in response to victim-blaming in cases of sexual violence. Detractors argue that supporters are mistaking their sexual subjugation for liberation. That assumption entirely misses the point.
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AUSTRALIA
- Trish Madigan
- 15 February 2011
21 Comments
One website proudly proclaimed that Egypt's protests were a safe space for women. In fact women were on the frontline. They were part of a long history of women who have struggled for recognition of their human rights in Egypt.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 06 August 2010
11 Comments
Kristy Fraser-Kirk has flabbergasted David Jones with her pursuit of $37 million in punitive damages after allegations of sexual harassment against the company's former CEO. The retail giant says it is still interested in settlement. She doesn't want to settle, mate. She wants to make a point.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 22 June 2010
14 Comments
David Jones acted promptly upon complaints of sexual harassment against its CEO Mark McInnes. But most
women pay in blood for making sexual harassment complaints against
powerful men in high places.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 19 November 2009
3 Comments
Premier Nathan Rees asked two ministers for their resignations, effectively sacking them. He will
have to hope that he has not thrown away Labor’s last chance to retain government.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Smith
- 02 September 2009
7 Comments
Many middle aged males are susceptible to having their egos flattered
when women appear to find them attractive. But in the case of
politicians, it is possible that the dangers involved make such affairs
irresistible.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 02 June 2009
7 Comments
Sex scandals can make celebrities out of the most unlikely figures. But just how similar is the case of the Oxford poetry professorship candidate accused of sexually harrassing his students, and Australian Rugby League's group sex scandal?
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AUSTRALIA
The Troy Buswell saga has highlighted the issues of workplace bulling and sexual harassment. Employees and management need to work to undermine the look-away culture that allows such behaviour to flourish.
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