Why people feel ‘himpathy’ for sexual harassers

Employees' intuitive moral values may give rise to feelings of sympathy toward alleged sexual harassers and anger toward accusing victims.

Keith Kobland - Syracuse U. • futurity
March 28, 2023 ~5 min

Men are more likely than women to flirt at work for personal gain

New research debunks stereotypes about who flirts at work and why. It turns out, low-power men are most likely to flirt for personal gain on the job.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Sept. 14, 2022 ~12 min


Big data analysis examines #MeToo statements

New research uses big data analysis to examine what men have said in response to #MeToo allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against them.

Jennifer Rainey Marquez-Georgia State • futurity
April 26, 2021 ~9 min

Stereotypes may stifle some harassment claims

People in a new study deemed the sexual harassment claims of "prototypical" women more credible, which raises the question of who gets silenced.

Kim Eckart-Washington • futurity
Jan. 15, 2021 ~9 min

Nearly half of sexual harassers can go back to work

After getting fired for sexual harassment in the workplace, many harassers are able to come back to work because of weak company policies.

Caroline Brooks-Michigan State • futurity
Nov. 13, 2019 ~4 min

New doctors face widespread sexual harassment in residency

A new survey shows just how widespread sexual harrassment is for women during their medical residency, particularly in surgery.

Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis • futurity
Sept. 20, 2019 ~2 min

Sexual harassment penalties are too cheap to work

"The question is: Can we make the threat of damages high enough to be a deterrent?"

Liz Entman-Vanderbilt • futurity
March 28, 2019 ~4 min

1 in 10 low-income women say landlord sexually harassed them

"Low-income women are easy prey for landlords who seek to exploit them for sex."

Liz McCune-Missouri • futurity
Nov. 12, 2018 ~3 min


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