Empirical evidence from Professor Cordelia Fine.
Guess what? Workplaces are unsafe for women not because men & women are ‘made that way’, but because they operate in cultures that enable men to employ harassment as a way to protect their privilege when they feel threatened.
Same dynamic applies in other categories of social hierarchy - those whose privilege is threatened claim it as ‘natural’, until they can’t.
Isn’t time we all recognised the blinkers that come with our situated privilege, whatever that may be, and just grew up?
Power is always seen more clearly from below.
#harassment #privilege #power #threat #empirical
Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up https://theconversation.com/why-do-men-sexually-harass-women-at-work-science-offers-two-explanations-but-only-one-of-them-holds-up-278894?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2030%202026%20-%203720838053&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%2030%202026%20-%203720838053+CID_f0e878f3e53ab9192177863350e1ceff&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Why%20do%20men%20sexually%20harass%20women%20at%20work%20Science%20offers%20two%20explanations%20%20but%20only%20one%20of%20them%20holds%20up







