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It absolutely blows my mind that your response to this information is that not enough people are thinking of men. >why not just send it out to everyone and sho

It absolutely blows my mind that your response to this information is that not enough people are thinking of men. >why not just send it out to everyone and show this disproportion with data instead of just making it an assumption? Because all projects and studies have to have a scope or they would all use infinite resources. I'm sure there's an absolute plethora of studies that have already established the hugely disproportionate amount of sexual harassment that is by men against women.

Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
Male victims of sexual harassment are generally thought to be under-reported and under-studied due to the same biases which influnced the article. It would not have been very difficult to push this survey out to the general YC population. >I'm sure there's an absolute plethora of studies that have already established the hugely disproportionate amount of sexual harassment that is by men against women. Male victims significantly under-report sexual misconduct, have access to fewer support resources, and receive help less frequently. - Breiding, M.J., Chen J., & Black, M.C. (2014). Intimate Partner Violence in the United States — 2010. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 23.4% of women and 10.5% of men report they were raped and 6.6% of women and 10.5% of men report they were victims of attempted rape. - Fiebert, Martin S. (2000). "References Examining Men as Victims of Women's Sexual Coercion". Sexuality and Culture. 4 (3): 81–88. doi:10.1007/s12119-000-1023-7 46% of men who reported some form of sexual victimization were victimized by women. - Weiss, K. G. (2008). "Male Sexual Victimization: Examining Men's Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault". Men and Masculinities. 12 (3): 275–298. doi:10.1177/1097184X08322632 I apologise for throwing the book at you, but you threw a book that doesn't exist at the parent comment and your attitude is disrespectful to people who are genuinely victimized by sexual misconduct.
pi-squared 8y ago
Now kindly collect your mind and think. Is it possible that men under-report because it's ridiculous for society to accept that a man can be sexually harassed by a woman? Let's say it happens, hypothetically - maybe it never happens, maybe happens all the time. But let's say it has happened to a certain male. Now, what is this male to do? If he stays quiet it is the same as females who don't report. That encourages the harasser to keep doing what she is doing and we already know that. If he reports - nobody believes him, because women don't harass. Moreover, he becomes a point of ridicule because our society expects men to be strong and unharassable by women. They are physically stronger and they can always escape or fight. It's insane to think about that - like how? How can that happen? Actually, can a man fight with a woman? No - it's also ridiculous - because if he wins, well obviously he won, he is a man, he is stronger. And he will get sued because he will get accused of harassment. If he loses - he loses from a woman. "Got beat by a girl" - have you heard that phrase? Do you have any idea how impossible it would be for a male to live in a world ridiculed in this kind of way? So how can a study establish that at all - if men won't even admit due to pride even at study time? But just in case - do you happen to have any of this "plethora" of studies? Are you sure? People have been sure about many things that are right and then their minds are blown by scientific discoveries. So please, think, provide evidence and please, consider men as human beings as well - we are not so different from women after all.

Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago

Male victims of sexual harassment are generally thought to be under-reported and under-studied due to the same biases which influnced the article. It would not have been very difficult to push this survey out to the general YC population. >I'm sure there's an absolute plethora of studies that have already established the hugely disproportionate amount of sexual harassment that is by men against women. Male victims significantly under-report sexual misconduct, have access to fewer support resources, and receive help less frequently. - Breiding, M.J., Chen J., & Black, M.C. (2014). Intimate Partner Violence in the United States — 2010. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 23.4% of women and 10.5% of men report they were raped and 6.6% of women and 10.5% of men report they were victims of attempted rape. - Fiebert, Martin S. (2000). "References Examining Men as Victims of Women's Sexual Coercion". Sexuality and Culture. 4 (3): 81–88. doi:10.1007/s12119-000-1023-7 46% of men who reported some form of sexual victimization were victimized by women. - Weiss, K. G. (2008). "Male Sexual Victimization: Examining Men's Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault". Men and Masculinities. 12 (3): 275–298. doi:10.1177/1097184X08322632 I apologise for throwing the book at you, but you threw a book that doesn't exist at the parent comment and your attitude is disrespectful to people who are genuinely victimized by sexual misconduct.

pi-squared 8y ago

Now kindly collect your mind and think. Is it possible that men under-report because it's ridiculous for society to accept that a man can be sexually harassed by a woman? Let's say it happens, hypothetically - maybe it never happens, maybe happens all the time. But let's say it has happened to a certain male. Now, what is this male to do? If he stays quiet it is the same as females who don't report. That encourages the harasser to keep doing what she is doing and we already know that. If he reports - nobody believes him, because women don't harass. Moreover, he becomes a point of ridicule because our society expects men to be strong and unharassable by women. They are physically stronger and they can always escape or fight. It's insane to think about that - like how? How can that happen? Actually, can a man fight with a woman? No - it's also ridiculous - because if he wins, well obviously he won, he is a man, he is stronger. And he will get sued because he will get accused of harassment. If he loses - he loses from a woman. "Got beat by a girl" - have you heard that phrase? Do you have any idea how impossible it would be for a male to live in a world ridiculed in this kind of way? So how can a study establish that at all - if men won't even admit due to pride even at study time? But just in case - do you happen to have any of this "plethora" of studies? Are you sure? People have been sure about many things that are right and then their minds are blown by scientific discoveries. So please, think, provide evidence and please, consider men as human beings as well - we are not so different from women after all.