Sexual Harassment Awareness Training, Page 3 Reviews

In my experience, with previous employers, there are many situations where someone feels they are not able to confront the harrasser directly e.g. junior staff member being harrassed by senior colleague, those who are very shy anyway, freelancers harrassed by client colleague - so would be good to have these scenarios in there too. Still a lot of work to do in this area particularly in traditionally male-dominated sectors.

I understand that there are cases where a harasser may not realise their behaviour is affecting people in the way that it is; however I feel some of the approaches mentioned here take away from their responsibilities to check their own behaviour. By saying give them 1 chance to change before you make it formal, could leave it open to interpretation that they can do it again. If you don't immediately report it, then that gives the opinion that you wouldn't in the future. Would a better option be, to report it informally to a manager or a friend? Make the harraser aware that you have done so, and that if they continue then it will be made formal. That way they are aware that you're serious about what you're going to do, and gives them an opportunity to put their side before anything becomes formal.You mention that if you talk to them once and they don't change, to go to them with a witness, but be aware that they may feel intimidated, so it might be best to go alone. I would never say go on mass, or have the conversation in a public place, but if you're that uncertain about approaching them, either don't do it, or be aware that the first instance, may have been mild and a confrontation could lead to severe sexual harassment, or emotional or physical abuse. Also being aware of their feelings, in my opinion takes away from your own. If they apologise, and say sorry, and act remorseful, you're then more likely to feel sorry for them and question your own standards. Their feelings are for them to process and if they're upset about it, they need to seek the help for those feelings.My last point I give by an example. A friend has an acting manager at work. He is a bully, and will communicate by clicking and pointing angrily at people in a belittling and patronising way. She witnessed him doing this to a colleague, and the colleague in question reported it to his managers. He was talked to and he apologised to her colleague, however he used the phrase "That's how I communicate. While I will try to change, you have to learn that's how I communicate and try to learn to understand that." How does this approach teach him that bulling and demeaning behaviour towards those around him is okay? Why should my friend's colleague ( and many other colleagues) learn to live with bullying behaviour?My point is by validating his feelings, he doesn't feel he has to change, and almost has a free pass to behave how he likes, which is how I feel some of your approaches will end up.I understand there have to be rules in place to stop false accusations, however, I believe that by putting emphasis on the harassers feelings, and saying that harassment should be dealt with informally first if mild, will stop people speaking up, because they will believe that they have to handle it on their own, before they tell anyone, even a friend.

Overall very clear and well explained, however some aspects were problematic. 1) Almost all examples of harassment involved a woman harassing a man. It would be good to include examples of a man sexually harassing another man, a woman sexually harassing another woman, or man harassing a woman as examples, too. 2) The video repeatedly discourages legal action; apart from some gesture towards "severe" cases, but these are not explained further. It should be made clear that sexual assault can be reported to police straight away, so evidence of the crime can be collected early.

No new content from last year made this a chore. Not being able to read the material instead of watching the videos was painful. Content was fine.

This training provides a good introduction into the different types of sexual harassment in the workplace and clear guidance for employees.It is empowering and informative and shows via videos what isn't acceptable.

Useful training on the whole, however there was one quote that came on screen which found slightly strange - I can't remember exactly what it was but it was along the lines of 'if it's hard, do it anyway'....which trivialised the subject matter a little bit!!

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