What I wish I had known at 19 about sexual harassment

One in five Singapore residents in a 2021 survey said they had experienced workplace sexual harassment in the past five years. ST FILE PHOTO
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SINGAPORE - I was 19 when I first felt sexually harassed at the workplace, but I did not immediately recognise it.

That day, my employer at the firm where I was an intern sat next to the taxi driver while his elderly friend was in the back with me after a work lunch.

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