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Power’s Role In Sexual Harassment
Why do they do it? A series of sexual-harassment accusations against well-known business leaders, celebrities and politicians has left people wondering why some successful men behave this way. In many cases, power seems to play
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How Likely Is Someone To Sexually Harass Others? This Scale Determines
The stories of sexual assault and harassment that emerged last year seemed to touch every industry — Hollywood, hotels, restaurants, politics and news organizations, including this one. Many of those stories focused on what happened
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What makes some men sexual harassers? Science tries to explain the creeps of the world.
The list of alleged sexual harassers keeps getting longer and the details of sexual assault and harassment ever more disturbing. The torrent of cases pouring out in news reports and Twitter — tales of men
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We Asked 615 Men About How They Conduct Themselves at Work
The victims of sexual harassment who have recently come forward are far from alone: Nearly half of women say they have experienced some form of it at work at least once in their careers. But
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How Media May Fuel Sexually Harassing Behavior
Men report being more open to engaging in sexually coercive behavior after watching television programming that objectifies and degrades women, a study in Italy shows.
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Power Can Chill the Mind’s Capacity for Empathy, Researchers Find
The shocking behavior of high-profile men now embroiled in sexual harassment scandals may be explained in part from psychological studies showing a link between power and a dampened capacity for empathy.