While male victims of sexual harassment are almost always distressed by the act, female victims appear to have built up a certain “tolerance” for sexual harassment they interpret as merely “bothersome,” conclude Michigan State University researchers. That is: Because the harassment is so commonplace for them, women have developed certain “immunities” to it that allow them to handle it in a more capable way. That isn’t to say both women and men are not both distressed by sexual harassment, but women manage to power through it. Says lead researcher Isis Settles: “When women view sexual harassment as bothersome, it doesn’t seem to be associated with distress. In some ways this suggests that sexual harassment is such a widespread problem that women have figured out ways to deal with it so it doesn’t interfere with their psychological well-being.”
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Have Women Developed ‘Immunity’ To Irksome Sexual Harassment That Men Don’t Have?
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