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29 October 2017 09:03 pmThis is amazing. Follow the link, the threads are golden. Like, crying with laughter:
And from Vox:
The double life of the “respectable” men who harass women
Harassers don’t just have power over women. They have the social power to get away with it.
Money quote:
That, right there — I’d argue — is the impulse behind sexual harassment. It’s about getting away with something. It’s about seeming to be one sort of person, a “pillar of the community” — responsible, dignified, respectable, a family man, a liberal, a progressive, Presidential, whatever — while really being A Very Bad Boy. That’s exciting for some men. Not the being bad part. The getting-away-with-it part. It isn’t just about power over individuals, the women you victimize. It’s about power over society and the court of public opinion, the thrill of risking everything on one roll of the dice, knowing that it isn’t really all that much of a risk — because nobody will believe her.
It struck me as particularly relevant re. Joss...
“I am sorry for all the times I stabbed men, just a little, in my previous workplace. After years of counseling, I stopped stabbing men.”
— Kate Harding (@KateHarding) October 28, 2017
And from Vox:
The double life of the “respectable” men who harass women
Harassers don’t just have power over women. They have the social power to get away with it.
Money quote:
That, right there — I’d argue — is the impulse behind sexual harassment. It’s about getting away with something. It’s about seeming to be one sort of person, a “pillar of the community” — responsible, dignified, respectable, a family man, a liberal, a progressive, Presidential, whatever — while really being A Very Bad Boy. That’s exciting for some men. Not the being bad part. The getting-away-with-it part. It isn’t just about power over individuals, the women you victimize. It’s about power over society and the court of public opinion, the thrill of risking everything on one roll of the dice, knowing that it isn’t really all that much of a risk — because nobody will believe her.
It struck me as particularly relevant re. Joss...
