It’s interesting that one of the opening observations was that men are just as likely to have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. 0:24 Men of course are far less likely to report cases for a number of reasons including masculine pride and the way society views men differently to women- which is ridiculous in 2024! What tainted this otherwise very interesting webinar (apart from one case where gender wasn’t mentioned) that every other case quoted men as the perpetrators and women as the victim. We really do need to get our arse in gear to ensure equality to everyone in the workplace - especially when there is a training/ general advice session going on. What might have helped could be to use the them/they pronouns to ensure men were not being stereotyped as the perpetrators!
It’s interesting that one of the opening observations was that men are just as likely to have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. 0:24 Men of course are far less likely to report cases for a number of reasons including masculine pride and the way society views men differently to women- which is ridiculous in 2024! What tainted this otherwise very interesting webinar (apart from one case where gender wasn’t mentioned) that every other case quoted men as the perpetrators and women as the victim. We really do need to get our arse in gear to ensure equality to everyone in the workplace - especially when there is a training/ general advice session going on. What might have helped could be to use the them/they pronouns to ensure men were not being stereotyped as the perpetrators!