The worst case of sexual harassment I suffered was physical contact a hand up my skirt groping for my vulva and missing by inches. Not a statement from one of the victims of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, but from a lawyer recalling an incident involving a client at a firm event.
The same lawyer is able to reel off examples of other incidents, both physical and verbal, throughout her career. And she is not alone far from it.
Last week Legal Week conducted a survey on sexual harassment within law firms, and in less than 24 hours we received 200 responses, almost half of which were from women, with many taking the opportunity to anonymously recount specific experiences.
The results of the survey were damning. Sixty-four percent of female respondents had experienced some form of sexual harassment on at least one occasion while working in law firms. Many of these examples happened early on in their careers and, as was the case with Weinstein's victims, virtually all had chosen not to report them.
Fortunately, unlike Hollywood, commercial law firms do not offer one sole individual the opportunity to exert so much power over so many for so long, but the survey results provide evidence if it were needed that this remains a real issue that firms need to get to grips with.
I am not saying that there is a far bigger problem within the legal profession than elsewhere. Ask any group of women, in any industry, if they have ever experienced harassment of some form, and I would be surprised if the majority did not put up their hand.
But the traditional legacy of male domination within the legal sector, particularly at the top, means that such behaviour is still all-too-common, and too many are quick to turn a blind eye.
You won't have seen them written on Legal Week's website but we've all heard the stories; of male partners trying it on with young female colleagues, and of social events that got out of hand, with women either drunkenly groped or intimidated by offensive comments.
In many of these instances, regardless of whether the incident is reported (which, according to our survey, is uncommon), it is the woman who ends up leaving the firm rather than the man who, more often than not, is more senior and therefore considered of more worth to the firm.
All of this is real and still happening today, even though the situation is better now than it was in the past as both male and female respondents to our survey acknowledge. In years gone by, the idea that a serial - and known predator within a law firm could be left to act with impunity over a long period of time was much more likely to be possible, as highlighted by some of the anonymous comments from survey respondents.