Sexual harassment at workplace: myth, reality or just a perception

The concept of sexual harassment in Malaysia is of recent origin but the behavior in the workplace is not a recent phenomenon. While the evidence of sexual harassment type behavior could be traced throughout the history of the nation, yet it remained as a silent or hidden as a social issue until mid 1990\u27s. In fact, the history of sexual harassment occurred in our country way back in 1950\u27s (Nor Affizar, 2001) whereby female rubber estate workers from the Panavan Karupiah in Sitiawan and a Kiang estate went on strike in protest against sexual harassment in the plantations and demanded an end to the problem. (Copied from article)