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frequentlyme · 70-79, M
Without arguing with you, I'll just post a few lines from a Harvard Business Review:
"For 25 years, I and other social scientists have documented how feeling powerful can change how ordinary citizens behave — what might be called the banality of the abuses of power. In experiments in which one group of people is randomly assigned to a condition of power, people in the ”powerful” group are prone to two shortcomings: They develop empathy deficits and are less able to read others’ emotions and take others’ perspectives. And they behave in an impulsive fashion — they violate the ethics of the workplace. In one experiment, participants in power took candy from children without blinking an eye.
Our research also shows that these two tendencies manifest in inappropriate sexual behavior in male-dominated contexts, echoing the accounts of the women assaulted by Weinstein. Powerful men, studies show, overestimate the sexual interest of others and erroneously believe that the women around them are more attracted to them than is actually the case. Powerful men also sexualize their work, looking for opportunities for sexual trysts and affairs, and along the way leer inappropriately, stand too close, and touch for too long on a daily basis, thus crossing the lines of decorum — and worse."
There are many studies showing how men in power abuse their power. That they abuse it in the context of sexual assaults and abuse, is simply a fact. It happens. There is no "witch hunt".
"For 25 years, I and other social scientists have documented how feeling powerful can change how ordinary citizens behave — what might be called the banality of the abuses of power. In experiments in which one group of people is randomly assigned to a condition of power, people in the ”powerful” group are prone to two shortcomings: They develop empathy deficits and are less able to read others’ emotions and take others’ perspectives. And they behave in an impulsive fashion — they violate the ethics of the workplace. In one experiment, participants in power took candy from children without blinking an eye.
Our research also shows that these two tendencies manifest in inappropriate sexual behavior in male-dominated contexts, echoing the accounts of the women assaulted by Weinstein. Powerful men, studies show, overestimate the sexual interest of others and erroneously believe that the women around them are more attracted to them than is actually the case. Powerful men also sexualize their work, looking for opportunities for sexual trysts and affairs, and along the way leer inappropriately, stand too close, and touch for too long on a daily basis, thus crossing the lines of decorum — and worse."
There are many studies showing how men in power abuse their power. That they abuse it in the context of sexual assaults and abuse, is simply a fact. It happens. There is no "witch hunt".
Magnolia · 31-35, F
Do you believe that victims of sexual harassment and assault should keep quiet?
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Summersrain · 51-55, F
@Magnolia I'm not going to argue this with you anymore. The sheer fact of numbers of accusations in the past few weeks/months just doesn't seem that credible to me , that there are so many successful men in the public eye who would resort to such a thing. It seems like ordinary women would have a lot more to gain monetarily by tearing them down. But I don't think you are even reasoning with me anymore. You are just arguing to prove your point.
Magnolia · 31-35, F
@Summersrain If you don't want to have this discussion then that's fine, I won't try to force you to have it. I can see that you're not in a position to accept what I'm telling you and that's OK.
I genuinely hope you have a good day.
I genuinely hope you have a good day.