our cultural environment gives us a bias toward downplaying the problem of rape and sexual harassment. i've found this thought experiment helpful in exploring bias:
rape is torture. for some it is worse than murder.
sexual harassment is aggression. for some it is worse than being punched in the face.
how would you feel if someone at your work murdered or punched someone else?
how would you feel if there was a systemic cultural inequity such that 1 in 3 people could expect to be murdered or punched at some point in their life?
ps - the opposite of rape (bully) culture is nurturance (support) culture.
rape is torture. for some it is worse than murder.
sexual harassment is aggression. for some it is worse than being punched in the face.
how would you feel if someone at your work murdered or punched someone else?
how would you feel if there was a systemic cultural inequity such that 1 in 3 people could expect to be murdered or punched at some point in their life?
ps - the opposite of rape (bully) culture is nurturance (support) culture.