ABSTRACT
When the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) 1975 was passed, the concept of sexual harassment, though not of course the experience of it, was almost unknown. Racial harassment was seen as an issue, perhaps without using that exact phrase, but here the focus was – and to a large extent remains – on violence and intimidation away from the workplace. Yet within 20 years, sexual harassment has become one of the most discussed and significant aspects of the anti-discrimination legislation,1 one where the removal of the statutory limit on compensation had an immediate impact in some cases.2 The change in awareness is startling,3 although of course it should certainly not be inferred that the problem of sexual harassment has somehow been solved.
