Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Men agree | Women agree | |||
Men and women are generally treated equally in the workplace these days | 45% | 47% | 9% | 36% | 35% | 12% | 8% | 62% | 28% | ||
Workplace hiring policies often favour men over women | 53% | 32% | 14% | 39% | 25% | 7% | 15% | 46% | 61% | ||
Sexual harassment is widespread in the Australian workplace. | 46% | 32% | 12% | 34% | 25% | 7% | 22% | 37% | 55% | ||
Women often exaggerate stories about sexual harassment in the workplace. | 31% | 45% | 8% | 23% | 30% | 15% | 24% | 40% | 21% | ||
Sexual harassment in the workplace limits women’s career opportunities. | 60% | 24% | 13% | 47% | 20% | 4% | 15% | 53% | 66% | ||
Discrimination against women is no longer a serious problem in Australian workplaces. | 27% | 58% | 6% | 21% | 39% | 19% | 15% | 38% | 17% | ||
Because company boards and upper management positions are often dominated men, sexual harassment is not addressed or covered up. | 49% | 27% | 13% | 38% | 21% | 6% | 21% | 46% | 57% | ||
Compared to previous generations women have little to complain about in the workplace. | 41% | 44% | 8% | 33% | 33% | 11% | 14% | 51% | 32% |
There was majority agreement with the statements that sexual harassment in the workplace limits women’s career opportunities (60%) and workplace hiring policies often favour men over women (53%).
A majority (58%) disagreed that discrimination against women is no longer a serious problem in Australian workplaces.
There were substantial differences between the answers of men and women on most of these measures, in particular –