You may have seen it among your own friends: a high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual ...
WASHINGTON: You may have seen it among your own friends: A high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual harassment, with men more likely than women to side with an accused male.
The paper described two studies involving around 230 Australian university students who were asked to read about a clear-cut incident of sexual harassment created for the research using examples drawn from real life.AdvertisementOver a period of several months, he made repeated unwanted advances that included slapping her buttocks, placing his arms around her waist, and emailing her pornographic images with suggestions they engage in the same acts.
But men showed greater empathy for the male perpetrator, which helped to explain why they were more likely than women to blame the victim. Both men and women who focused on the male perpetrator's point of view showed greater empathy for him and blamed the female victim more.
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