Make no mistake. Sexual harassment and assault tend not to be the fault of one evil wrongdoer.
They are the result of a culture that normalises the privilege of powerful men and says they can do and take what they want.
In fact, nearly half of those people who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace consider it common behaviour. Two in five are aware of someone else in their workplace being harassed. Yet only one in five will make a complaint.
While the nation s Defence Chief, General Angus Campbell reportedly thinks women can ward off the sexual violence of men by avoiding alcohol and presenting themselves as attractive â the truth is that none of that matters.
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The post-pandemic environment is deeply irrational. We’ve seen markets crash down and crash up. Autocracies charge into self-defeating abuse of all and sundry. Democracies give up entirely upon accountability. Riots at the Capitol. The “great reset” conspiracy theory. The normalisation of rape in the Australian Parliament House. Entire countries swept by death while others bunker down like there is no tomorrow.
Now we can add another feature of the post-pandemic environment to the list of crazy outcomes: the return of the so-called commodities super-cycle.
I could reiterate my skepticism about it but Karen Maley at the AFR has done that for me (of course without reference or link). She describes me as an anonymous “skeptic” who argues:
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A third woman has set forth to allege that she was sexually assaulted by the same political staffer accused of raping a colleague inside the Australian Parliament House. According to the woman, she was assaulted while working as a coalition volunteer amid the 2016 election campaign.
Rape Inside Australian Parliament House
She claimed that she was sexually assaulted by the same political staffer accused of raping Brittany Higgins in the Australian Parliament House. She was barely out of school at the time of the incident. It allegedly transpired following a night out of drinking with the former political staffer.