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Minimization of Male Suffering: Social Perception of Victims and Perpetrators of Opposite-Sex Sexual Coercion

UnHope20

June 11, 2021

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Title	Minimization of Male Suffering: Social Perception of Victims and Perpetrators of Opposite-Sex Sexual Coercion
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	12
Comments	1
Date	June 11, 2021 1:38 AM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/Male_Studies/comments/nx47mj/minimization_of_male_suffering_social_perception/
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[–]UnHope20[S] 3 points4 points5 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Studies show equal impact of sexual harassment (SH) on men and women, whereas lay perceptions are that women suffer more.

We identify the phenomenon of minimization of male suffering (MMS), which occurs when people assume that SH has less effect on men’s well-being and which results in the perpetrators of SH on men being evaluated less harshly.

To verify whether these effects occur, we conducted two studies in which we presented stories describing acts of sexual coercion (SC, study 1) and SC or financial coercion (FC, study 2) and measured the perceived suffering of victims and the perception of the perpetrators.

Both studies showed that female victims were perceived to suffer more from SC and FC and that perpetrators of both acts on women were evaluated more negatively.

The results support our hypothesis that the suffering of male victims is minimized as they are perceived to suffer less than women.