Sex At Work: Who's Doing It and Why It Is A Problem!

The 2018 India Today-mdra sex survey finds that office spaces are now hotspots of sexual desire. But changing mores come with their own unique rules and perils
 

- Damayanti Datta

In the soft glow of muted lamps, he took slow sips from his glass of single malt and studied her face. She fidgeted with her files as she waited. He was the boss, she a fresher. In perspective, she was a nubile young thing and he a weathered old man—old enough to be her father. Outside, the trim lawns of the luxury resort spread out to her gaze, tinged by the sunset. Everything was perfect, except… she jumped, as he moved his hand to touch the side of her breast. “I can have any woman I want,” he rasped. “And I want you.” He was yet another Harvey Weinstein, she his millionth Scheherazade.

Stories of sexual abuse are coming thick and fast. Women are emerging out of the woodwork with triumphant battle cries: “Me too.” Men who considered themselves above the law are falling by the wayside. Hashtags are taking the conversation on workplace misconduct to a new level. And the bells are tolling: “Time’s Up.” As an explosion of rage unfurls across the world, the curtain goes up on the 2018 India today-MDRA sex survey at the workplace, held across 19 cities.

INFORMAL AND INTIMATE