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That's kind of the way of things in America. I have the feeling that a large segment of the population believes that a woman is incapable of sexually harassing,
by Overtonwindow 4y ago
That's kind of the way of things in America. I have the feeling that a large segment of the population believes that a woman is incapable of sexually harassing, a man, and I think this totally inaccurate belief has permeated throughout culture and into workplaces.
- alephnan 4y ago> That's kind of the way of things in America I’m not so sure it’s America vs Google. One has to wonder how inclusive and diverse the HR department is
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- 0xcafefood 4y agoI'd guess there are not that many people who truly believe that a woman cannot harass or abuse someone sexually (I'm sure there are some but they must be a fringe). But there are very many who would say so if pressed on the subject, especially at work.
- Slothrop99 4y agoWhen I was a young guy way back when, I was sexually harassed at my first two office jobs by women managers. One of them framed it as "payback". Not fun to be on the receiving end of this!
- Spivak 4y agoThis isn’t surprising. For pretty much all of history and continues today in some places sexual assault and rape were by definition something only men could do. The FBI in 2012 finally updated their definition to recognize that men can be rape victims. We still dismiss teenage boys being raped by adult women as, “I bet he liked it.” This belief hasn’t permeated our culture, it is the rock on which the very idea of what sexual crimes are [1]. The cultural shift is the other direction thanks to people fighting for it but we’re a long way from the end of the tunnel. [1] Which is damage to property of a husband or father sooo that’s uhh something. The laws changed on paper but the spirit lived on.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoWomen and girls are by far disproportionately the victims of sexual harassment and assault, but that just highlights how much of this women and girls have to deal with. It still leaves a bunch of room for men and boys to get some sexual harassment and assault.
- kbelder 4y agoI'm not sure it's as disproportionate as you seem. It may be like physical abuse in a relationship; roughly even between sexes, but reported and documented cases are vastly lopsided by gender.
- anonymouskimmer 4y agoOn the lower end of harassment there is no way catcalling is roughly even between the sexes. In particular venues it might be roughly even, but in the world at large, no way. On the more violent end of rape the majority of serial rapists I've heard about are men. And while some of them are homosexual rapists, most are heterosexual rapists.