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Then you've misread my post. It was a board meeting, when it came to HR business the CEO queried and then objected to why the complaint by the female member of staff was upheld. He didn't feel commenting on women's appearance or bodies was an issue. The HR Director did what she did to make him...

With the small exception of "I love you" !

Nope - I'd imagine just a word from HR assuming it's the first time for him.

The point being that the woman being commented on felt uncomfortable about it. Some of it comes down to common sense and how well you know the person you're commenting on. There's women in my office I know well enough to know if I could use a comment like that. If I don't know them well enough I...

Of course compliments are fine. In the situation I've described surely instead of : "That's a great dress, it really shows off your curves." The gentleman giving the compliment could have just said : "That's a great dress."

Sadly it still exists in the workplace. A friend of mine is an HR Director and one of the women at her workplace complained when one of her male colleagues said "That's a great dress, it really shows off your curves.". My friend dealt with it but next board meeting, where all the directors...