A new Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey shows sexual harassment remains alarmingly prevalent in Australia, despite a slight drop in recent years.
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Sexual harassment was defined as a person being subjected to behaviours that made them feel uncomfortable and were offensive due to their sexual nature - including comments about their body or sex life and unwanted touching.Around 57 per cent of women reported being harassed electronically - including receiving indecent texts and unwanted photos and videos.
Over two-thirds of affected women reported being harassed face-to-face, including indecent exposure, unwanted touching, grabbing, kissing, or fondling as well as inappropriate comments about their body or sex life.Electronic harassment included indecent phone calls or texts, exposure to unwanted sexual videos or photos and sharing of videos or images of the person without consent.
"Half a million women received an indecent text, email, or post, while 400,000 were subjected to unwanted touching or grabbing."
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