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Workplace sexual harassment training "overwhelmingly" focuses on male-to-female conduct, which could perpetuate stigma and underreporting among men who are harassed by men, a lawyer warns.

The caution follows the response a male executive received when he raised concerns about male-to-male sexual harassment – yes, the employer had policies, but they were really "for the women", a line manager said.

According to Dentons Australia partner Paul O'Halloran, in whom the executive confided, it's not the only conversation he's had with a man who's experienced sexual harassment perpetrated by a male in the workplace, and it prompted him to look into how common, and underreported, it might be...