A twenty two year old advertising executive had brought a claim of sexual harassment against her forty seven year old boss. She alleged that she had been locked out of her office after refusing to have sex with him and that he would ask female colleagues to signal "with their eyes that they desperately wanted to be laid on the boardroom table".

The judge dismissed the case stating that what the employee had seen as harassment was in fact just gallant behaviour. In his ruling the judge told the court that "without sexual harassment we would have no children" and dismissed the case as an overreaction on the woman's part.

Only two women in Russia have won a sexual harassment case since the collapse of the Soviet Union

Perhaps they should rename it 'unexpected sex'.

According to a recent survey, 100 per cent of female professionals said they had been subjected to sexual harassment by their bosses, 32 per cent said they had had intercourse with them at least once and another seven per cent claimed to have been raped.

Eighty per cent of those who participated in the survey said they did not believe it possible to win promotion without engaging in sexual relations with their male superiors.

Women also report that it is common to be browbeaten into sex during job interviews, while female students regularly complain that university professors trade high marks for sexual favours.

Perhaps they should rename it 'unexpected sex'.

According to a recent survey, 100 per cent of female professionals said they had been subjected to sexual harassment by their bosses, 32 per cent said they had had intercourse with them at least once

So in short, it happens because it works.

Given a full third of women apparently willingly sleep with their bosses it appears to be exactly true here too.

Perhaps they should rename it 'unexpected sex'.

They certainly make the odds appealing. Gonna have to nag my boss to let me hire a secretary now.

Given a full third of women apparently willingly sleep with their bosses it appears to be exactly true here too.

That's not very ambitious, if you're going to compromise yourself by being a feckless slut, you should really aim higher than breakfast tv. Who the fuck watches it? Not me.

That's not very ambitious, if you're going to compromise yourself by being a feckless slut, you should really aim higher than breakfast tv. Who the fuck watches it? Not me.

All of the above with the caveat that the personchasing the promotion/raise is actually able to do the job.

I know a very salacious story of a breakfast TV presenter who slept her way to the top. According to someone who worked with her it was her career gameplan. And one that worked very well.

I've always assumed Fiona Bruce gobbled her way to the "top".

You have destroyed my dreams. I hate you.

Judge is a dick of course but he does have a point

without wishing to pick on him, Grim... used to pick up by being a bit of an arrogant shit (including of course his now wife). It's a fine line between that and what some would call harassment.

There's "a fine line" between trying to pick someone up in a social environment and using your position of authority in the workplace to browbeat someone who can't get away from you short of quitting (and who apparently doesn't even have recourse to the courts)? Really?

One of my team leaders, f'instance, was knobbing the marketing lady. But, so was the managing director at the time.

One of my team leaders, f'instance, was knobbing the marketing lady. But, so was the managing director at the time.

There was a disturbing amount of behind-the-scenes management shagging going on at Arriva - this was/is just the tip of the iceberg.

One of my team leaders, f'instance, was knobbing the marketing lady. But, so was the managing director at the time.

Typical. Just when you think one isn't on the way, two come along at once.