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(PDF) Context Effects on Women’s Perceptions of Stranger Harassment
PDF | The current research suggests that perceptions of stranger harassment experiences (i.e., experiencing unwanted sexual attention in public) are... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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This study shows that attractive harassers and young adult harassers are less scary and more enjoyable compared to unattractive harassers and 40+ year old adult harassers respectively.
Quote: “Results mirror the sexual harassment literature and suggest that harassment by younger and attractive men is viewed as less harassing.”
Survey: Street Harassment and Age | Stop Street Harassment
Our 2019 nationally representative study shows that around 71% of women in the U.S. have experienced street harassment, as have 28% of men. It’s clearly a huge problem. In the nearly 13 years that I have been researching, writing and speaking out about street harassment, I have noticed a common...
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@Robtical @JosefMengelecel @ThoughtfulCel @Snowstormhigh @Diocel thoughts?THOUGHTS ON THE AGE DIFFERENCE:
In an open-ended section of the survey, people could opt to share how the age difference made them feel. While a few said they were creeped out or upset no matter the age of the harasser, most said the when the harasser was an older man, it was different. Here are examples:
“It felt more threatening, inappropriate, and sexualizing.”
“It is instantly more predatory and plays even more on power dynamics.”
“If the harasser is closer to my age, I will see it as a harmless way to flirt but when the person is 30 years my senior, it becomes alarming due to the predatory nature this scenario then takes on.”
“I knew they knew more than me, had more experience than me, and could easily overpower me, being men, and not boys. I also know they had more means to do harm. Access to drugs, cars, guns, things I knew I probably couldn’t imagine. They had way more power.”
“There is more of a power differential, and as a young person I didn’t have a full context for what was happening, which felt more unsettling.”
“When I first started encountering street harassment from ages 14-15, I was mostly confused. Something about being catcalled by grown men felt wrong and creepy, but I also felt like I was supposed to be grateful for the attention, or like it meant I was fulfilling the adult female idea of attractiveness. I was conflicted between my gut feelings and my ideas about what women were supposed to be.”
“They knew I was underage and seemed to relish that fact. Plus, they usually were in cars and I live in a place with high rated of sex trafficking and am a black woman. All of those factors together, and I was terrified.”
“I was creeped out when I was 9 and 35 year olds were hitting on me.”
“being harassed by boys the same age was bad but did not feel as scary or obscene.”
“it is absolutely disgusting when a 50-year-old man comments on your 12 year old boobs.”
“i feel scared, and i feel like I’m not in charge of my own body.”
“Yes, because I’m 14, so if the harasser is much older than me, I find it disgusting that an older man would sexualize a kid.”