South Africa, March 6 -- Nearly three in ten men (28%) around the world think it's acceptable to tell jokes or stories of a sexual nature at work, according to a new global survey to mark International Women's Day on 8 March 2020.

The proportion of (online) men in South Africa who hold this view is below the global average . South African men are much less accepting of such behaviour - only 19% (or two in every ten) believe that its ok to tell sexual jokes at work - than their counterparts in countries including Japan, Great Britain, Germany and more.

11% of women in South Africa say such jokes or stories are acceptable and this is also lower than the global average of 16%.

The survey of over 20,000 people in 27 countries was carried o...