JennyT:
Sadly, those were the days when the infamous 'blind eye' prevailed, and the old boys network ensured that complaints were self-destructive.
It could have been worse. There were other departments where you had to sleep with your boss to get on.
Happily, fifty years on, things have changed. They are not perfect, and successful prosecutions are still rare, but women now have a much better chance, without having to humiliate themselves.
Precisely why the "humor" in boss spanking stories, cartoons, etc. seems to evade me. And I don't see how claiming they're fiction or fantasy makes much difference.