A lack of publicity means few people take it seriously, say researchers
Sexual harassment appears to be slipping off the radar in Hong Kong, with fewer people aware of the problem and an increasing number of victims reluctant to complain.
Researchers in the field blame the drop in complaints on a sense of helplessness among victims.
'The tension on this issue has slackened over the past 10 years,' said Catherine Tang So-kum, a psychology professor at Chinese University.
Professor Tang recently released results of a survey on attitudes towards sexual harassment at eight universities in Hong Kong, which showed that both awareness of the problem and sympathy for victims had decreased since a previous study in 1992.
'Ten years ago when we first started talking about this issue there was a lot of publicity about it. But now there are fewer people talking about it,' she said.
