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> Are atheistic ‘godless heathen’ societies that are sexually liberated less likely to witness sexual harassment? What exactly is the origin of sexual harassme
by gingabriska 7y ago
> Are atheistic ‘godless heathen’ societies that are sexually liberated less likely to witness sexual harassment?
What exactly is the origin of sexual harassment?
Let's say that a person A finds person B sexually attractive but person A happens to be person B's boss.
Now, person A is not sexually attractive for person B but person A wants B anyhow. This is seflish desire with primary goal "reproducing with someone who you find sexually attractive", the triggering mechanism are all same but actual "reproduction" might never happen.
So, person A finds weakness which they can exploit. First, they try to use charm or whatever normal tricks we use to attract opposite sex like displaying values or aesthetics or other signals. It can work but it might also not work.
Second, way is purely through psycoglical manipulation. Some people enjoy manipulating others, this makes them feel alive, feel in control, feel like they God and everyone's is subject to their manipulative powers.
Then if this also fails, they look for weakness. For example, person B might actually be bad at their job relatively speaking, but not as bad to be fired.
Now person A takes advantage of this and starts telling B how bad they really are at their job, destroying their self esteem.
Person in such position, might also start accepting that they are bad at their job and do not deserve to be here but they've bills to pay.
Person A devises, that they can help if only you accept some of person A's request for indecent favours.
I'd say in a sexually liberated society, it's easier to find people who are interested in sexual activities with you.
But what if person A, spends more time at his work and doesn't have any social life outside of work or yet simply they did not spend enough time outside or didn't learn how to click with people of opposite sex earlier when they were much younger and when it was much easier? And they may even try with prospects outside of work but they do not have any strength outside like they've in their industry/office?
Sexual liberation might make it easier for people of opposite sex to come together in a society but it's not the only driving force.
Some people by choice to stay secluded for whatever reason, they might have deep interest in objects (mathematics) etc... And may consider interacting with people waste of their time or boring.
This does not change even in a sexually liberated society.
And there is lots of subjectivity in how we value each other and still we've limited number of people who are considered more attractive than others.
So this power difference will still exist in a liberated society and it even might be exacerbated as all people are free to pursue the ones they find most attractive.