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Kate Fitz-Gibbon<\/a>, Monash University<\/a><\/em>; Nicola Helps<\/a>, Monash University<\/a><\/em>, and Stefani Vasil<\/a>, Monash University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

There is increasing attention<\/a> on the lack of progress around sexual harassment and assault on Australian university campuses. On Wednesday, Education Minister Jason Clare acknowledged<\/a> community concerns, saying \u201cwe\u2019re just not doing enough\u201d.<\/p>\n

Much of the focus so far has been on students. A 2022 report<\/a> found one in 20 students had been sexually assaulted, and one in six had been sexually harassed, in a university context since starting their studies.<\/p>\n

But staff are also at risk.<\/p>\n

Last month, the Universities Accord interim report<\/a> said sexual assault and harassment on campus are \u201caffecting the wellbeing of students and staff, and their ability to succeed\u201d.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the National Tertiary Education Union launched a national survey<\/a> of university staff experiences of workplace sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

Our research<\/a> on workplace sexual harassment in Australia sheds light on university staff experiences of harassment and the inadequacy of responses.<\/p>\n

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Our study<\/h2>\n

In 2022 we conducted a national survey<\/a> of victim-survivor experiences of workplace sexual harassment in Australia. We received 1,412 responses<\/a> from a diverse range of industries.<\/p>\n

Within this, there were 100 respondents who had experienced workplace sexual harassment while working at an Australian university.<\/p>\n

University staff experiences of workplace sexual harassment<\/h2>\n
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Our survey included responses from 100 victim-survivors who had been sexually harassed as university employees.<\/span>
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Almost all (90%) of the victim-survivors in our survey identified as a woman or female, with 7% identifying as a man or male and 3% as non-binary.<\/p>\n

This reflects the gendered nature<\/a> of workplace sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

Almost 80% of our respondents believed their gender contributed to the harassment, while 47% believed their age was a contributor. Revealing well-known patterns<\/a> of power and control, 40% of perpetrators were identified as being more than 55 years old, and were often in more senior positions compared with the victim-survivor.<\/p>\n

No victim-survivors were harassed by a more junior colleague.<\/p>\n

Workplace sexual harassment is frequent and ongoing<\/h2>\n

We invited victim-survivors to detail the frequency and duration of their experience of workplace sexual harassment. Among university staff, we found:<\/p>\n