Crossing the line

Recession job fears could undermine decades of progress on sexual harassment says Áilín Quinlan.

A MALE colleague cracks a crude joke. Another says ‘you look delicious today’, while he slowly looks you up and down. Another squeezes past, too close, as you stand by the photocopier.

Office banter or sexual harassment? The term ‘sexual harassment’ was coined in the 1970s by Cornell University activists.