Here in the states that's known as sexual harassment.
It is up here too.
But My employer has created a top down managment system over the past 6 or 7 years that leaves no room to discuss anything.
Instant punnishment for everything ( even if its against labour laws, then you have to fight them in the courts ).
So when some young fellow comes up to me and tells me how to do my job, questions me, harrasis me well I play the nuclear option.
Interesting observsation about mining.
You get away with stuff.
Having worked in other industries in the surface world I discovered you can no yell ( because I am used to yelling due to some hearing loss and habbit from noisy work places ).
You can not get nose to nose with people ( again because of noise and darkness )
You can not touch poeple ( I shake hands slap backs and have been known to hug a few folks ).
You can not swear ( without the swears I speak broken English ).
So like slowly boiling a frog I think its safe to say I have been allowed to use every profane words, genture, or action on most bosses with little or no reaction other than they want to leave.
this does not work with ladies, and lady bosses.
EVER.....
They are rare creatures I have not figuered out how to deal with.
So I treat them like my wife ( I tuck tail, bow my head and say yes mam to all questions and sugestions )
Somewhere out there is another fellow doing exactly the same thing to my wife.
She is an indistrial health and safety inspector...